Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at China's Request
“The reality is Zoom operates in more than 80 countries and continues to expand, which requires compliance with local laws even as Zoom seeks to promote the open exchange of ideas.“<p>This kind of rationalization isn’t just a problem with Zoom, Apple does the same thing - blocking podcasts and other apps in the Chinese market (also the Taiwan flag emoji).<p>This is wrong.<p>What’s legal and what’s right are not the same thing, Zoom’s PR about the promotion of an “open exchange of ideas” is nonsense and both Zoom and the CCP know it.<p>Companies that work to suppress the rights of citizens are complicit in that suppression and its legality is irrelevant.<p>When Zoom is requested to send over names and videos of political dissidents to authoritarian leaders will they comply?<p>I’m sure those killed will be pleased to know Zoom was operating within the legal framework of their country.<p>Legality should be the bare minimum standard - and in countries with bad laws (Middle East, China) it shouldn’t even be that.