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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Saqib Shah

South Korea bans DeepSeek AI app over data privacy failings

South Korea has banned downloads of DeepSeek’s AI app (Alamy/PA) -

South Korea has banned downloads of DeepSeek’s AI app after the Chinese company admitted it wasn’t playing by the country’s data privacy rules.

The ban comes as DeepSeek faces growing global scrutiny, with authorities in Australia and Ireland also probing its handling of user data. Meanwhile, Italy has imposed a full ban on the chatbot after the company failed to resolve concerns over its privacy policy.

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