Anthropic: The Trump administration has violated the right to freedom of speech.

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10/03/2026
In a lawsuit, Anthropic claimed that the Trump administration had identified the AI company as a national security supply chain risk, violating its freedom of speech. Anthropic stated in the lawsuit: "The Constitution gives Anthropic the right to express its views to the public and the government on important issues such as the limitations of its own AI services and AI security." "The government does not have to agree with these views, or use Anthropic's products. But the government cannot use 'state power to punish or suppress unwelcome speech from Anthropic'." The company added that the government's actions would have a ripple effect beyond what Anthropic itself could bear.