Zoom Admits It Cut-Off Activists' Accounts Because Of China's Complaints

The Guardian: Zoom admits cutting off activists' accounts in obedience to China

Meetings on Tiananmen Square massacre and Hong Kong crisis were taken down because Communist government complained

Zoom has admitted it suspended the accounts of human rights activists at the behest of the Chinese government and suggested it will block any further meetings that Beijing complains are illegal.

On Thursday the video conferencing platform was accused of disrupting or shutting down the accounts of three activists who held online events relating to the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary or discussing the crisis in Hong Kong. None were given an explanation by Zoom.

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WNU Editor: A little bit too late .... Zoom will no longer allow Chinese government requests to impact users outside mainland China (CNBC). More here .... Zoom blocks, then reinstates, Tiananmen activists' accounts (Nikkei Asian Review).

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