HC asks govt about plan to tackle concern around Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek
This story was originally published at 18:57 IST on 29 October 2025
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NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government about its plan to tackle concerns around Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek. "You (the government's counsel) have to take instructions (on how to handle concerns on DeepSeek). There is no doubt that this is an issue which needs to be tackled at the initial stage as well. You take instructions. How is the ministry going to tackle this? Please keep it ready," said the high court.
In February, the high court had issued a notice to the government on a petition by Bhavna Sharma to ban Deepsake applications, chat and platform. DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence startup that made headlines worldwide after it topped application download charts earlier this year. Its latest model DeepSeek R1 rivalled technology OpenAI's ChatGPT in capabilities and costing. DeepSeek platform posed instant and emergent threats that are prejudicial to India's sovereignty and integrity, Sharma said.
The DeepSeek's terms of use and privacy policy failed to protect the Right to Privacy of Indian citizens and did not comply with the key provisions of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, and Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Sharma said. Globally, multiple countries have raised similar concern about DeepSeek's privacy and security practices, and Italy's Data Protection Authority has banned DeepSeek on the grounds of violation of privacy law, Sharma said. The petitioner sought the government to issue mandatory directions and take appropriate actions to create awareness regarding DeepSeek's privacy and security concerns and the risks it may pose to society. End
Reported by Surya Tripathi
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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