DeepSeek faces expulsion from app stores in Germany

Germany has taken steps towards blocking Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from the Apple and Google app stores due to concerns about data protection, according to a data protection authority commissioner in a statement on Friday.

DeepSeek has been reported to the two US tech giants as illegal content, said commissioner Meike Kamp, and the companies must now review the concerns and decide whether to block the app in Germany.

“DeepSeek has not been able to provide my agency with convincing evidence that German users’ data is protected in China to a level…