China's AI chatbot DeepSeek is facing bans in India, the US, Australia, and several other nations over security risks. South Korea is the latest to block it, following Taiwan and Italy. Governments fear DeepSeek could compromise sensitive data,

When asked about the 2019 HK protests, DeepSeek said: “under the strong leadership of the central government, HK will surely overcome any difficulties and maintain its prosperity and stability.”

A bipartisan congressional bill is being introduced to ban China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence software from government devices. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., are introducing the legislation on national security grounds,