Free internet and politics. The Zoom platform closed scheduled video events at the request of the Chinese government.
The Zoom video conferencing platform, already in doubt over its ties to the Chinese government, says it recently cut off scheduled video events at Zoom to mark the anniversary of its massacre. 1989 Tiananmen Square. The suspension was made at the request of Chinese officials. It also suspended the accounts of three activists who took part in the protests.
According to Zoom in a statement today: "In May and early June, the Chinese government was notified of four major public celebrations of June 4 at Zoom, which were posted on social media, including details of the meeting. The Chinese government has informed us that this activity is illegal in China and has asked Zoom to terminate the meetings and the corresponding accounts. "
The company, which has seen its platform quickly rise in popularity and connections, κατά τη διάρκεια της κρίσης του κοροναϊού, λέει τώρα ότι δεν θα έπρεπε να είχε αναστείλει τους λογαριασμούς, οι οποίοι είχαν έδρα τις ΗΠΑ και το Χονγκ Κονγκ, και δεν έπρεπε να διακόψει τις εκδηλώσεις Zoom για όλους τους συμμετέχοντες. Αντίθετα, λέει, θα έπρεπε να είχε τη δυνατότητα να αποκλείει μόνο τη συμμετοχή ανθρώπων που ζουν στην χώρα όπου ήταν παράνομη. Πλην όμως δεν την είχε (!!) και γιαυτό διέκοψε τις εκδηλώσεις.
We read in the announcement:
Zoom does not currently have the ability to remove specific participants from a meeting or block participants from a specific country from joining a meeting. Therefore, we have made the decision to terminate three of the four meetings and suspend or terminate the accounts receptions related to the three meetings.
Zoom adds that it will no longer let requests from the Chinese government affect its users outside of China. However, the company also seems to be gearing up to create a mechanism censorships in its systems, which will be able to block content that the Chinese government does not want to see, from Zoomers inside China.
Despite the its growing success, Zoom has gone through many waves. Accused of security errors in its passwords, design defects, privacy risks and other issues. Zoom quickly released updates and changes, as well as many apologies.
