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South Korea removes DeepSeek from app stores pending privacy review

People watch a news segment about DeepSeek at Seoul railway station, South Korea, February 17, 2025 [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]

South Korea has suspended downloads of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot pending a review of the Chinese start-up’s privacy standards.

South Korea’s privacy watchdog said on Monday that DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot was removed from the local versions of Apple’s App Store and Google Play after the Hangzhou-based firm acknowledged that it had failed to comply with personal data protection rules.

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