US government bans DeepSeek from all civilian federal agency IT systems
nathanbenaich · x · 2026-10-20
According to an alert from MTSlive, the US government is banning DeepSeek from all civilian federal agency IT systems on national security grounds. Air Street Capital founder Nathan Benaich shared the news with a brief "awks". This marks the most significant federal-level restriction yet for DeepSeek in the US, following earlier state-level limits.
Related event: DHS orders federal agencies to purge and ban DeepSeek products(7 posts)→
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