It is banned in countries like the US, UK, Australia, and Taiwan, due to their security concerns as it may result in data leakage and threaten the privacy of the people.
DeepSeek AI faces huge bans globally as governments freak out over data security risks. The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, and several European nations have completely blocked the service for allegedly being capable of leaking sensitive information.
The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power of South Korea has already cut off access, while other ministries ban the AI tool on government networks. Australia went harder to ban DeepSeek across all government systems; their Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, said it’s a threat to national security.
Taiwan, also, joined in by banning the use of DeepSeek for its government agencies and critical infrastructures, citing colossal security risks. France, Italy, and some other European nations have cracked down due to several concerns about collecting data and related privacy policies. Even the US has blocked DeepSeek in the government and private sectors.
This makes the UK and Ireland raise the red flag for security leaks from this Chinese AI model. Though DeepSeek gives cheap services to AI, its security problems make it a controversial one worldwide. Unless DeepSeek improves this situation with such concerns, more countries might blackenlist it, making it turn into a challenge for the Chinese AI firm.
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