Prior to the October 19, 2026 federal directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Navy had already banned DeepSeek on government-issued devices.

From the articleUS Orders Civilian Agencies to Rip DeepSeek Out of Government Systems - DecryptAlso in US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems | Reuters, US government bars DeepSeek from civilian agency use, US bans DeepSeek from government IT systems