Zoom US Human Rights Account Suspension China's Strict Regulatory Impact May 12: 5:37
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It turned out that the video conferencing system "Zoom" provided by an American IT company suspended the account of an American human rights organization that held an event related to the Tiananmen case on the Internet. Since the video of the event was also played in China, there is also a view that it may be affected by the strict regulations of the Chinese authorities surrounding IT companies.
The account was suspended by a human rights organization founded in the United States where Mr. Zhou Feng Chain, who participated in the campaign for democratization during the Tiananmen Incident in Beijing, China in 1989, is currently living.
On the 31st of last month, this year, 31 years after the Tiananmen Incident, we held an event to tell the situation at that time on the Internet using "Zoom".
According to Western media, more than 250 people participated in the event, and the recorded video was played over 4000 times in China etc., but on the 7th of this month, the group account became unavailable.
A Zoom spokesman admitted that he had suspended his account and explained, "Meetings from multiple countries require participants to comply with the laws of each country," the Western media said. I will.
Meanwhile, after confirming that the account was restored on Twitter on the 10th, Mr. Zhou asked for detailed explanation, "I have not received any reply from Zoom. I would like to know why the account was suspended". ..
AFP news agency in France shows that the strict regulations of the Chinese authorities surrounding IT companies may be affecting.