U.S. states including New York, Tennessee, and Virginia previously enacted state-level restrictions on the use of DeepSeek on official devices.

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