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Italy blocks DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence app

2025-01-29 18:43:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Italy blocks DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence app
DeepSeek

The Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek cannot be accessed from this Wednesday in the Apple and Google app stores in Italy, a day after the country's data protection authority requested information on the use of personal data.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek regarding its processing of Irish user data.

DeepSeek last week launched a free AI assistant that it says uses less data and has a lower cost of service. By Monday, the assistant had overtaken US rival ChatGPT in downloads from Apple's App Store, sparking panic among tech stock investors.

"The news of the app's withdrawal was just a few hours ago," said the head of the Italian data regulator, Pasquale Stanzione, as reported by the ANSA news agency.

"Our office will launch an in-depth investigation to see if GDPR rules are being respected," Stanzione added, according to ANSA, referring to the European Union's data protection regulation.

The Italian regulator, known as Garante, said on Tuesday it wanted to know what personal data was collected, from what sources, for what purposes, on what legal basis and whether it was stored in China. It gave DeepSeek and its affiliated companies 20 days to respond.

Stanzione also said that the regulator is seeking assurances to protect underage users of the app, to avoid bias and to avoid electoral interference.

A notification displayed to Italian customers on Apple, the message appears that the app is "currently not available in the country or region you are in." The same happens on the PlayStore.

DeepSeek appears to still be functional for Italian users who had previously downloaded the app, and is available for download in other European Union countries and the UK.

In Germany, an Interior Ministry spokesman said the government was monitoring AI applications for possible interference ahead of the February 23 national elections.

"Naturally, security authorities are concerned with AI applications and possible manipulations, the possible influence on the formation of public opinion through AI applications, especially now in view of the Bundestag elections," the spokesman said, without mentioning any specific model.


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