Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory have become the latest state and territory governments to ban the use of DeepSeek on government devices. They join South Australia and NSW which had initiated earlier bans.

In line with a number of international government organizations that have implemented comparable limitations, the Indian finance ministry has banned its staff from using DeepSeek. Despite its quick rise in popularity,

Australia issued a statement that requires all government entities to prevent the access, use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services on Australian government systems and mobile devices.