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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by bad_user on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:09AM (#23508025)
US copyright is enforceable overseas due to trade agreements. As a US citizen do you think you can infringe EU's copyright law?

It is true that US's culture has spilled into the terms of use of some of these services. I still remember the "napalm girl" being censored on Facebook for public display of nudity.

However these aren't examples of individuals being targeted by the US government.

Also just because there are instances of other companies having a negative impact on foreign users, it doesn't make this particular instance any less bad. It's a logical fallacy to imply otherwise.

Fuck Zoom. Fuck the Chinese administration.

There, now go say that in China without fearing for your life or that of your loved ones.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by TheKarateKid on Saturday June 13, 2020 @02:46PM (#23511653)
There are plenty of countries that US copyright law is enforced on a US company's platform even though there are NO trade agreements with the US with respect to copyright. Otherwise, piracy would be allowed to be hosted in numerous countries.

It's a blatant double standard.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by bad_user on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:55AM (#23516396)
Such as?

These trade agreements are global. The countries that don't have trade agreements are usually those suffering through an embargo.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by ridewinter on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:33AM (#23509236)
Beautiful use of strong language.
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