Zoom Shared US User Data With Beijing to Ensure Chinese Market Access, Court Documents Show

Zoom Shared US User Data With Beijing to Ensure Chinese Market Access, Court Documents Show
A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in this illustration taken on April 12, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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A Zoom executive worked with Chinese authorities to provide data on users located outside of China and ensure the U.S. video-call giant retained market access in the country, according to recently unsealed court documents filed by U.S. federal prosecutors.

The documents detailed internal communications between Zoom employees, which showed that Chinese security authorities made numerous requests to the company for data on users and meetings that discussed political and religious topics Beijing deemed unacceptable. Zoom complied with most of these requests, at times involving users outside of China.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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