DHS orders US civilian agencies to rip out DeepSeek and all products built on it
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-20
The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products—including third-party services built with DeepSeek implementations—from agency IT under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. US hosting does not exempt affected products.
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