Brad Smith, the Vice Chairman and President of Microsoft, revealed during a Senate hearing that the company has implemented a ban on employees using the DeepSeek application, available across desktop and mobile platforms, citing concerns regarding data security and propaganda risks. Smith emphasized that Microsoft opted not to include DeepSeek in its app store due to apprehensions over data storage on Chinese servers and the potential for Chinese propaganda to influence DeepSeek's responses. While numerous organizations and countries have already restricted DeepSeek, Microsoft stands as the first to publicly announce such a ban.
