Video conferencing giant Zoom suspended the account of a group of US-based Chinese activists after they held a conference on the platform to celebrate the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
The Humanitarian China group said its account was shut simply days after the occasion, which was gone to by about 250 people including some activists who employed from China.
Zoom said the account had been closed to comply with “regional laws”.
The account was later on re-activated.
” When a conference is held across different countries, the individuals within those nations are required to abide by their respective regional laws,” Zoom said in a declaration emailed to news outlets.
” We intend to restrict the actions we require to those necessary to adhere to regional law and constantly review and improve our process on these matters,” the declaration stated.
Zoom, which has seen an unexpected and huge increase in users since of coronavirus lockdowns, was currently facing increased examination over its security and privacy steps. Among the problems was so-called “Zoombombing” – where uninvited visitors hack into meetings, sometimes publishing racist