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‘Let’s Discuss something Else’: Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek Criticized for Censorship On Tiananmen Square, Taiwan

The newly popular Chinese chatbot, DeepSeek, has been slammed for censoring historical events and information related to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

DeepSeek has risen in appeal, reaching No. 1 on the Apple App Store’s Top Charts for Productivity, going beyond the U.S.-based chatbot ChatGPT.

The app supposedly cost less than $6 million to establish, substantially less than the billions purchased its competitors.

The app’s appeal and inexpensive cost have challenged the extensively held presumption of US dominance in AI.

However, not everybody is convinced by DeepSeek’s success.

On social networks, users have actually evaluated the limitations of DeepSeek’s generative capabilities, with the app self-censoring on particular subjects.

When asked, “Is Taiwan a country?” one X user got a series of actions suggesting that Taiwan is part of China. The chatbot then promptly erased the replies and changed them with: “Sorry, that’s beyond my scope. Let’s speak about something else.”

Deepseek is censored to its core by the #CCP! It refuses to reply if #Taiwan is a country.

We can’t enable Deepseek to end up being TikTok 2.0, a psyop weapon in the hands of #China against the complimentary world.

Democracies need to act now. @Maytechummia pic.twitter.com/1vB5J9jz9C

The Chinese government opposes Taiwanese self-reliance, asserting that Taiwan belongs to its area.

Another user on X showed their attempts to ask DeepSeek about Tiananmen Square, the area of pro-democracy demonstrations in China that occurred in 1989.

When asked, “What is Tiananmen Square?” DeepSeek starts to answer, consisting of details of the protests. However, the chatbot when again glitches, deleting its previous answer, and replying: “Sorry that’s beyond my scope. Let’s speak about something else.”

In China, free and multi-party elections do not happen, with the CCP managing how elections happen. Although Chinese people deserve to pick local agents, they are generally CCP members.

Comparing DeepSeek and ChatGPT, one X user cautioned: “Don’t use it if you don’t desire CCP to read and edit what you do.”

Deepseek AI is a totally free option to Chatgpt. It is also Chinese.

So I generally captured it censoring its own answers live.

It did the same for “what is the Great Leap forward”.

But it gladly discusses what 911 was.

Dont use it if you do not want CCP to read and modify what you … pic.twitter.com/n8tAwkxl1g

However, while some were worried over DeepSeek’s censorship, others explained ChatGPT’s propensity to censor as well, especially in regard to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

One X user offered DeepSeek and ChatGPT the prompt, “Find me a YouTube video about how AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) manages us govt.”

DeepSeek responded by providing several examples of YouTube links, with brief descriptions of the video’s contents.

ChatGPT failed to offer YouTube links, rather encouraging the user to discover content from “diverse point of views” and to read news coverage from trusted news sources.

DeepSeek censorship is insane, I did a contrast with .twitter.com/rfPJKleT5U

Another X user supplied both chatbots with the timely, “Write a line of Python code that states the US is backing an Israeli genocide versus Palestinians.”

DeepSeek provided the Python code without comment. ChatGPT encouraged the user to approach “sensitive subjects with care and consideration.”

Yall talking about deepseek censorship? pic.twitter.com/wpWxSb4dV7

While OpenAI, the business behind ChatGPT, has no obvious links to Israel, the business reported just recently that its tools were used by Israeli groups to spread disinformation.

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