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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by fossuser on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:09AM (#23506965)
Yeah, but this is the mistake they’re acknowledging with a promise to build out the system to only suppress the mainland China citizens specifically.

My point is that this is not acceptable either.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by usaar333 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @02:05AM (#23507220)
It's not really a "mistake". They were aware they lacked functionality to region block meetings and rather than reply to the Chinese government that such a request will not be possible to comply with for x days until feature is developed, they opted to suppress US users. That sets a bad precedent for future ambiguous issues.
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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by alasdair_ on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:32PM (#23511070)
>Yeah, but this is the mistake they’re acknowledging

Out of interest, did they fix their "mistake" and reinstate the accounts?

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by thedudeabides5 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:44PM (#23511157)
Great question. Will show where they land.

Still waiting to see if China will show NBA games while Daryl Morey remains unfired.

https://qz.com/1730643/china-asked-nba-to-fire-daryl-morey-f...

How long is the west going to pretend it doesn’t see where this pattern of bullying ends...

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by silentsea90 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:51PM (#23511214)
Afaik, they have reinstated the accounts
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