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Germany asks Google, Apple to remove DeepSeek AI from app stores

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Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2025-06-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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Berlin’s data protection authority requested Apple and Google remove the DeepSeek AI app from German app stores, alleging GDPR violations related to unlawful collection and transfer of EU personal data to China; after a refused voluntary withdrawal, the regulator invoked DSA Article 16 to flag the app as illegal content and coordinated with other German regulators while Apple, Google, and DeepSeek review and respond.

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