# Deepseek faces ban in Germany as privacy watchdog reports the app to Google and Apple as "illegal content"

> Germany is calling on Apple and Google to block the DeepSeek app from the country's official app stores The Berlin Data Protection Commissioner has deemed the Chinese AI chatbot "unlawful" over alleged privacy…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/deepseek-faces-ban-in-germany-as-privacy-watchdog-reports-the-app-to-google-and-apple-as-illegal-content?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=686e8ba8647480cafc123808)
- **Published:** 2025-07-09
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #google #apple #deepseek #data #germany #official #privacy #protection
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