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Trump administration charges China-based Zoom executive over disrupting video calls held to commemorate Tiananmen Square crackdown

A man displays an image on his smartphone of the Tiananmen crackdown during the Tiananmen Square vigil remembrance in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on June 04, 2020.The Department of Justice on Friday filed charges against Zoom executive Xinjiang Jin, accusing the software engineer of using the company's systems to censor speech.

Zoom said in a blog post that it has fired Jin and placed other employees on leave, and that it is cooperating with law enforcement.US prosecutors on Friday charged a former China-based executive at Zoom with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.

Jin allegedly fabricated violations of Zoom's terms of service to justify his actions to his superiors.

 

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