Germany wants Google and Apple to ban DeepSeek AI apps

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DeepSeek AI has been reported to Google and Apple as "illegal content" in a move that could lead to its ban in Germany. 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. "Chinese authorities have far-reaching access rights to personal...