US-based Chinese activists’ accounts suspended by Zoom after Tiananmen meet
By MYBRANDBOOK
A video meeting held to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown compelled Zoom to suspend the accounts of US-based Chinese activists. The Humanitarian China group said its account was shut just days after the event, which was attended by about 250 people including some activists who were called in from China.
Zoom said the account had been closed to comply with "local laws". The account was later re-activated.
"When a meeting is held across different countries, the participants within those countries are required to comply with their respective local laws," Zoom said in a statement emailed to news outlets.
"We aim to limit the actions we take to those necessary to comply with local law and continuously review and improve our process on these matters," the statement said.
Zoom, which has seen a sudden and massive increase in users because of coronavirus lockdowns, was already facing heightened scrutiny over its security and privacy measures. Among the problems was so-called "Zoombombing" - where uninvited guests hack into meetings, sometimes posting racist, abusive or explicit content.
Another Tiananmen activist said he had been locked out of Zoom since 22 May when he tried to host an online discussion on China's influence around the world. Lee Cheuk-yan told the news agency that his account was suspended before the talk started.
"I asked Zoom whether this is political censorship but it has never replied to me," said Lee, who is chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance - the organiser of Hong Kong's annual vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown.
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