Activists in the US and Hong Kong complain they have been kicked out of their Zoom accounts. FMTNews Zoom
HONG KONG: Several Zoom meetings involving Chinese users were “disrupted,” the video messaging app acknowledged Thursday, after activists in the United States and Hong Kong revealed discussions on the platform of Beijing’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown had been closed down.
But activists in the United States and Hong Kong complain they have been kicked out of their Zoom accounts after hosting online anniversary events marking Beijing’s crushing of the pro-democracy uprising on June 4, 1989. His group is based in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous city that has free speech liberties unseen on the mainland, but which has been upended by a year of pro-democracy protests that have infuriated China.After Zhou’s suspension became public, Zoom said it had to obey any laws in the jurisdictions it operates in.
The California-based company said it was “committed to modifying its processes to further protect its users from those who wish to stifle their communications” but declined to give further details. Earlier this week Zoom reported its earnings had soared in the quarter ending April 30 as both businesses and consumers, cooped up inside due to Covid-19 lockdowns, embrace the platform to meet virtually.Zoom is the latest in a long line of western social media and tech companies who have found themselves struggling to deal with the demands of authoritarian governments in lucrative overseas markets.
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