Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and "any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations," and to stop buying them, according to a report by Andrew Curran on X. The directive extends beyond DeepSeek's own offerings to third-party services built on DeepSeek implementations, and bars further procurement of the products. Andrew Curran on X: "The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and 'any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations,' and to stop buying them." The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and 'any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations,' and to stop buying them. The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and 'any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations,' and to stop buying them.