China South Korea bans Chinese AI DeepSeek
South Korea has temporarily banned the Chinese AI DeepSeek. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) justified its decision with data protection concerns. The app's service will only be resumed once improvements have been made in accordance with South Korean data protection laws. According to the PIPC, DeepSeek is currently actively cooperating with the data protection authority.
17.02.2025, 10:21
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China's Foreign Affairs Office explained that the government always instructs Chinese companies to strictly adhere to the laws in force abroad, said spokesperson Guo Jiakun in Beijing. China also hopes that the countries will avoid "politicizing economic, trade and technological issues", he said.
Authorities and cyber security experts in Germany also reported serious security concerns with regard to the Chinese AI DeepSeek. This concerns several points: the apparently very extensive storage of user data, the potential manipulability of the application for criminal purposes and the extent to which the Chinese espionage and surveillance apparatus has access to user data.
