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

The freshly popular Chinese chatbot, DeepSeek, has been criticized for censoring historical events and details associated to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

DeepSeek has surged 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 apparently cost less than $6 million to establish, substantially less than the billions invested in its competitors.

The app’s popularity and inexpensive price have actually challenged the extensively held presumption of US dominance in AI.

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

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

When asked, “Is Taiwan a country?” one X user received a series of responses suggesting that Taiwan becomes part of China. The chatbot then promptly deleted the replies and replaced them with: “Sorry, that’s beyond my scope. Let’s talk about something else.”

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

We can’t enable Deepseek to become TikTok 2.0, a psyop weapon in the hands of #China versus the totally free world.

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

The Chinese federal government opposes Taiwanese self-reliance, asserting that Taiwan becomes part of its territory.

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

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

In China, totally free and multi-party elections do not happen, with the CCP managing how elections occur. Although Chinese people can choose regional representatives, they are often CCP members.

Comparing DeepSeek and ChatGPT, one X user cautioned: “Don’t use it if you do not desire CCP to check out and modify what you do.”

Deepseek AI is a complimentary alternative to Chatgpt. It is likewise Chinese.

So I generally captured it censoring its own responses live.

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

But it happily explains what 911 was.

Dont use it if you don’t desire CCP to check out and edit what you … pic.twitter.com/n8tAwkxl1g

However, while some were concerned over DeepSeek’s censorship, others explained ChatGPT’s propensity to censor also, particularly in regard to the Israel-Palestine dispute.

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

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

ChatGPT stopped working to links, instead encouraging the user to find content from “varied point of views” and to read news coverage from reputable news sources.

DeepSeek censorship is crazy, I did a comparison with ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/rfPJKleT5U

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

DeepSeek offered the Python code without comment. ChatGPT motivated the user to approach “delicate topics with care and consideration.”

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

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

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