DHS orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and stop buying them

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered all US civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and any third-party services built on DeepSeek implementations, and to stop buying them, according to posts by Andrew Curran and Rohan Paul.

Paul says the order cites the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. Exceptions require a request filed 60 days in advance with a compelling justification, such as an inability to fulfil a mission-critical function. National security systems and secure compartmented information systems are outside the order.

The earlier report did not give a deadline or the reasons DHS cited. Neither report states a removal deadline.