South Korean users of the popular short-video app TikTok are on the rise despite concerns over possible data leakage, an industry data tracker said Wednesday. Data from tracker IGAworks showed that South Korea’s monthly active users (MAU) of TikTok and TikTok Lite,

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. "We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance," the South Korean data protection regulator told Yonhap News Agency. The country had already removed DeepSeek from app stores over the weekend over data protection concerns.

South Korea Suspends DeepSeek AI Over Privacy Concerns South Korea has taken strong action against DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by a China-based startup, after concerns arose about its data-sharing practices.