U.S. officials urge to ban DeepSeek for security concerns

2025-03-04 05:01:48

(MENAFN) In the middle of growing US fears over the Chinese AI platform DeepSeek saving user data in China, two members of the US Congress are pushing state officials to ban the app on government appliances.

In a note initially derived to a news agency, Spokesmen Josh Gottheimer as well as Darin LaHood warned 47 officials in addition to the mayor of Washington, DC that DeepSeek might cause cybersecurity as well as data privacy risks. They additionally cautioned that the platform could possibly let external oppositions have entry to classified government data.

Three of the 50 US states have prohibited DeepSeek on government appliances beforehand: Texas, New York, as well as Virginia.

“The Chinese government attaches great importance to and legally protects data privacy and security,” Foreign Ministry representative Guo Jiakun informed journalists the previous month.

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