Amid rising concerns over data privacy and national security, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, is encountering widespread restrictions across multiple regions and institutions. Governments and organizations worldwide have raised alarms over the company’s data policies, particularly its compliance with Chinese laws that could grant intelligence officials access to user information. As a result, countries like Italy and Taiwan have moved swiftly to block DeepSeek’s applications, while the U.S. Congress, Texas, and major federal agencies—including the Pentagon, NASA, and the U.S. Navy—have issued prohibitions against its use on government devices. With cybersecurity risks and foreign influence fears driving these decisions, regulatory actions continue to tighten, limiting DeepSeek’s global reach and reinforcing concerns over AI governance and ethical data handling.
