Are More DeepSeek Bans Coming?
The answer is probably yes. As NBC News reports, Congress has introduced a bipartisan bill to ban DeepSeek on federal government devices. This builds on the action now taken by New York State. “The technology race with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not one the United States can afford to lose,” said Congressman Darin LaHood and Josh Gottheimer, who introduced the legislation. “The national security threat that DeepSeek — a CCP-affiliated company — poses to the United States is alarming.”
There is also another bill in the offing from Senator Josh Hawley, which, if passed, would prohibit Americans from downloading the DeepSeek app (and other Chinese AI tools). It comes with the threat of jail time for citizens and punitive fines for businesses.
However, the bill has yet to pass but it is another indication of how concerned authorities are about the rise of DeepSeek – and it’s not just a fiscal concern.
