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The Daily Brief: Washington's Quiet DeepSeek Ban
Covers October 19, 2026On October 19, the Department of Homeland Security filed a public notice with the Federal Register disclosing Exclusion and Removal Order 2026-01: DeepSeek products are excluded from federal civilian agency procurements, and agencies must remove DeepSeek technology from their information systems, including third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations. The authority is the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, following a Federal Acquisition Security Council review.The catch: the signed order is dated July 24, nearly three…
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