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EU services integrating DeepSeek could be violating DSA’s freedom-of-expression rules

( April 25, 2025, 16:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Integrating DeepSeek models into a platform could put providers in violation of the EU’s Digital Services Act, according to an answer to European lawmakers by EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen. The inbuilt censorship of China’s DeepSeek large language models puts them in conflict with the EU’s censorship principles embedded in the DSA. Integrating these models into a platform may put the overall service in scope of the DSA, wrote Virkkunen. Standalone LLMs are not in scope of the DSA.Written answer attached:...

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