### South Korea bans DeepSeek ###

The state regulator “strongly advised” users to avoid the Chinese AI service pending “improvements” under local laws, South Korea’s national data protection watchdog has announced a “temporary” suspension of the widely popular DeepSeek AI service in the country until authorities complete their review of the Chinese startup’s data collection practices and implement “improvements and remedies.”

#### this meme comes to mind, again... change US for South Korea ####