Zoom Catches Heat for Shutting Down China-Focused Rights Group’s Account

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Zoom Catches Heat for Shutting Down China-Focused Rights Group’s Account
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Humanitarian China said its account was closed without notification or explanation from Zoom, then quietly restored after a news report on the shutdown

Zoom Video Communications Inc. drew fresh questions over its relationship with the Chinese government when it shut down a U.S. human-rights organization’s account shortly after its videoconference on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

San Francisco-based Humanitarian China said when it tried to access the platform Sunday, it found the account had been closed without notification or explanation from the videoconferencing platform. Zoom quietly reactivated the account Wednesday, after the news organization Axios reported on...

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