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Re:DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under... by thereader12 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:36AM (#50167995)
It is clearly protectionism. You can argue that is justified, but prefering blocking foreign companies to protect your nation's own interests has a word.
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Re:DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under... by andsoitis on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @04:44PM (#50172421)
> It is clearly protectionism.

You're wrong. Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition.

This is not that.

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Re:DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under... by kshri24 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:31PM (#50188603)
It is exactly that. US AI companies cannot compete with Chinese models because they are obviously way cheaper. That's the only reason why this is being done. Everyone with 2 brain cells to rub together knew this was coming. This is my comment from 17 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956717

> Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition

This is exactly that.

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