A US-based group supporting human rights in China says it is 'outraged' that Zoom temporarily shut down its account after it held an event on the platform in remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre
"outraged" that the video conferencing company Zoom temporarily shut down its account after it held an event on the platform in remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The Tiananmen Square crackdown is a matter of extreme sensitivity for China's ruling Communist Party. On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square in Beijing and fired on civilians protesting for democracy after several weeks of demonstrations. Estimates of the death toll range from several hundred to thousands.
"The Chinese government informed us that this activity is illegal in China and demanded that Zoom terminate the meetings and host accounts," the company said. Humanitarian China said that it was"outraged" that Zoom, a US company, appeared to have acted according to Chinese law in shutting down the organization's account. In its statement, the group accused Zoom of being"complicit in erasing the memories of the Tiananmen Massacre in collaboration with an authoritarian government."
A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry said earlier on Thursday that she had not"heard about that and [had] no information to offer.""This is not a diplomatic issue," the spokesperson told reporters at a media briefing.
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