21 State Attorneys General Urge Congress to Ban DeepSeek on All Government Devices

Deepseek is a ‘Trojan horse’ sent by the CCP to spy on America, the Montana attorney general said.

This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in front of the building housing the headquarters of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Jan. 28, 2025. Agatha Cantrill/AFP via Getty Images

Attorneys general from 21 states penned a missive to Congress on March 6, calling on lawmakers to pass the No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act, citing concerns that American users’ data may fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

“China is a clear and present danger to the United States,” the 21 attorneys general wrote in the letter addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).