Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere.

The data authority asked Apple and Google to carry out a "timely review" about whether to ban the app or not form their respective app stores. Action in Germany could lead to a European Union-wide ban,

Apple Inc. and Google’s Android have been warned by a top German privacy regulator that the Chinese AI service DeepSeek, available on their app stores, constitutes illegal content because it