Public safety is my top priority and we’re working aggressively to protect New Yorkers from foreign and domestic threats."

Youngkin says the ban aims to protect Virginia's IT security after researchers found code that could send user logins to a banned Chinese telecom company.

New York banned the China-based DeepSeek app from government devices and networks on Monday due to “serious concerns” about its potential data privacy and censorship risks, Gov. Kathy Hochul