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<p>South Korea Bans DeepSeek Over Data-Sharing Concerns with ByteDance</p>

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<p>South Korea Bans DeepSeek Over Data-Sharing Concerns with ByteDance</p>

<p>South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok</p>

<p>The country’s data protection regulator confirmed the link and removed DeepSeek from app stores over privacy concerns</p>

<p>The AI app, which made headlines in January for its low-cost model that rivaled ChatGPT…</p>

<p>…had been downloaded over a million times in South Korea before its removal</p>

<p>Worries about user data security have since spread globally, with U.S. cybersecurity experts also flagging potential data-sharing risks</p>

<p>While the app is now banned from stores, existing users can still access it via web browsers</p>

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