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Has Zoom become a Trojan horse for China’s regime? More than two months after the FBI began issuing warnings about security risks with Zoom, the company now admits that it intentionally disrupted “a few recent meetings†involving critics of China. The news affirms earlier suspicions that the popular video-conferencing platform might have been co-opted by the Xi Jinping regime in Beijing:QuoteSeveral prominent critics of the Chinese government, including protest leaders in Hong Kong and pro-democracy activists in the United States, have accused Zoom of shutting their accounts and severing live events in recent weeks under pressure from Beijing....Zoom on Thursday acknowledged that “a few recent meetings†related to China have been disrupted.In each instance, event organizers told The Washington Post that they relied on Zoom in lieu of in-person events because of social distancing and travel restrictions. And each of the Zoom accounts and events was created and hosted outside mainland China but appeared to be quashed under Chinese government pressure after they were publicly advertised.
Several prominent critics of the Chinese government, including protest leaders in Hong Kong and pro-democracy activists in the United States, have accused Zoom of shutting their accounts and severing live events in recent weeks under pressure from Beijing....Zoom on Thursday acknowledged that “a few recent meetings†related to China have been disrupted.In each instance, event organizers told The Washington Post that they relied on Zoom in lieu of in-person events because of social distancing and travel restrictions. And each of the Zoom accounts and events was created and hosted outside mainland China but appeared to be quashed under Chinese government pressure after they were publicly advertised.
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