Germany urges Apple and Google to review or remove DeepSeek app over illegal user data transfers to China, citing EU privacy violations.

This is not DeepSeek's first run-in with regulators in Europe, following run-ins with Italian and Irish authorities.

Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere.