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Cole Martin

Germany wants Google and Apple to ban China's "illegal" DeepSeek AI — after it failed to comply with data protection laws

DeepSeek logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with the flag of Germany in the background.

Berlin Data Protection Commissioner Meike Kamp has issued an official announcement calling on United States-based tech giants Google and Apple to pull the China-based AI chatbot DeepSeek from official app stores.

"DeepSeek has not been able to convincingly prove to my authority that data of German users in China is protected at a level equivalent to that of the European Union," Kamp said in a statement on the decision.

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