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Nov 7, 2026 · Industry Insights

OpenAI's Silent Account Purge: 3 Verified Policy Changes & 4 Immediate Actions

On November 7, OpenAI deactivated numerous accounts without any official announcement or scale data; the article distinguishes three verified policy changes — card/device limits, November 20 usage policy for model intermediaries, and December shared quotas — from community rumors and media narratives, and prescribes four immediate steps: export conversation data, use official appeal channels, restructure subscriptions to enterprise tiers, and build model-switching capability into workflows.