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DHS orders DeepSeek products removed from civilian federal agencies

DHS has ordered federal civilian agencies to exclude products and services from Hangzhou DeepSeek and its affiliates from procurement and to remove them, including third-party products built on DeepSeek implementations, from their IT systems. The order cites the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act; the notice publishes in the Federal Register Oct. 20. CyberScoop reports the signed order is dated June 26 and allows exception requests 60 days ahead.

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Federal Register (DHS)public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-21447.pdf

Coverage · 17 articles, oldest first

Monday, October 19, 2026

09:37
Bloomberg
US Moves to Bar DeepSeek From Federal Agencies and Contracts
11:10
The Wall Street Journal
The US DHS orders all federal civilian agencies to remove any DeepSeek tech from their IT systems and prohibits future procurement of its products and services
11:10
Reuters
reuters.com/technology/us-banning-chinese-ai-deepseek-government-agency-it-systems-2026-10-19/
11:10
Quartz
qz.com/deepseek-ban-civilian-agencies-dhs-order-101926
11:40
Bloomberg Law
news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/us-moves-to-bar-deepseek-from-federal-agencies-and-contracts
12:10
Crypto Briefing
cryptobriefing.com/us-government-bars-deepseek-civilian-agencies/
12:40
CyberScoop
cyberscoop.com/dhs-bans-deepseek-federal-agencies/
12:59
Engadget
Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies
13:40
Business Standard
business-standard.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-bans-chinese-ai-deepseek-from-civilian-government-agency-it-systems-126101901265_1.html
13:40
Daily Sabah
dailysabah.com/business/tech/us-bans-chinas-deepseek-ai-from-government-systems
14:04
Federal Register (DHS)Primary
DHS orders DeepSeek products removed from civilian federal agencies
14:10
PYMNTS.com
pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/dhs-bans-deepseek-across-federal-government-networks/
14:40
BBC
bbc.com/news/articles/cjkgeq0k1wevo
14:40
Decrypt
decrypt.co/381347/us-orders-civilian-agencies-rip-deepseek-out-government-systems
14:40
CP24
cp24.com/news/world/2026/10/19/us-banning-chinese-ai-deepseek-from-government-agency-it-systems/
16:10
The Washington Sun
washingtonsun.com/agencies/deepseek-banned-china-dhs
16:10
RuntimeWire
runtimewire.com/article/dhs-deepseek-federal-civilian-procurement-exclusion

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