WASHINGTON: Zoom said Wednesday that it had temporarily closed a US account of activists who met to mark the anniversary of China’s crackdown in Tia

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2020-06-11 04:39:10

WASHINGTON: Zoom said Wednesday that it had temporarily closed a US account of activists who met to mark the anniversary of China’s crackdown in Tiananmen Square, raising alarm over free speech on the fast-growing video-meeting service.

US-based rights campaigners turned to Zoom, which has become a way of life for many people during the coronavirus lockdown, to connect more than 250 people to remember Beijing’s crushing of the pro-democracy uprising on June 4, 1989.

The group Humanitarian China said it had brought in numerous participants from inside China, which has tried to erase memories of the bloodshed – and that its paid Zoom account was shut down without explanation one week later.

Zhou Fengsuo, a co-founder of the group who was number one on Beijing’s most-wanted list after the Tiananmen crackdown, told AFP that the Zoom account was reactivated on Wednesday.

“Just like any global company, we must comply with applicable laws in the jurisdictions where we operate,” a Zoom spokesman said.