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US Homeland Security orders federal civil agencies to remove DeepSeek

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a directive requiring federal civilian agencies to remove products developed by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek from their information systems. The order also bans the procurement of DeepSeek technology and third-party services built using its models. The full timeline and procedure for agency compliance have not yet been detailed.

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10 differing positions reported on attribution across 23 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw美國土安全部
  • ltn美國國土安全部
  • rfi美国土安全部
  • epochtimes美国
  • theinsСША
  • bbcUS
  • yna트럼프 행정부
  • expressUS
  • secretchina美国
  • stheadline美國土安全部
  • zerohedgeDHS
  • hongkongfpUS
  • thehinduUS
  • klix-baMinistarstvo domovinske sigurnosti SAD-a
  • chinanews外交部
  • vnexpressMỹ
  • folhaGoverno Trump
  • theguardianUS
  • eeo美国土安全部
  • deutsche美国
  • bleepingcomputerDHS
  • taipeitimesUS
  • telegramהמשרד לביטחון המולדת
9 differing positions reported on location across 10 publishers; unresolved.
  • bbcChina
  • secretchina中国
  • zerohedgeFederal Systems
  • klix-baSAD-a
  • yna연방기관
  • theguardianChina
  • bleepingcomputerUS
  • rfi美国
  • stheadline美
  • telegramבארה"ב
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • zerohedgeNow
  • telegramאתמול
2 differing positions reported on status across 23 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw下令
  • ltn下令
  • rfi下达
  • epochtimes禁
  • theinsзапретили
  • bbcbans
  • yna퇴출
  • expressbanning
  • secretchina清除
  • stheadline下令
  • zerohedgeOrders
  • hongkongfpbans
  • thehindubanning
  • klix-bazabranilo
  • chinanews反对
  • vnexpresscấm
  • folhaveta
  • theguardianbans
  • eeo发布
  • deutsche禁止
  • bleepingcomputerbans
  • taipeitimesprohibits
  • telegramפרסם
WhereUnited States
37.601, -92.716 ±400 km
First reported6 days ago
Published2026-10-20 04:15 UTC
Sources23
How this travelled.
Reports34Independent tellings23
23 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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Global Event Monitor. US Homeland Security orders federal civil agencies to remove DeepSeek. 2026-10-20T04:15:10.508Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6487. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-20/deepseek-c9112486

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