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Chiara Castro

Deepseek faces ban in Germany as privacy watchdog reports the app to Google and Apple as "illegal content"

In this photo illustration, a DeepSeek logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with the flag of Germany in the background. .
  • Germany is calling on Apple and Google to block the DeepSeek app from the country's official app stores
  • The Berlin Data Protection Commissioner has deemed the Chinese AI chatbot "unlawful" over alleged privacy violations
  • Italy banned DeepSeek from official app stores in January over similar concerns

DeepSeek could soon disappear from Apple and Google's official app stores in Germany as data protection officials accuse the Chinese chatbot of alleged privacy violations.

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