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View all search resultsZoom Video Communications Inc said on Thursday it suspended user accounts and ended meetings linked to the anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown on its platform after the Chinese government demanded it do so.
Zoom said Wednesday that it had temporarily closed a US account of activists who met to mark the anniversary of China's crackdown in Tiananmen Square, raising alarm over free speech on the fast-growing video-meeting service.
The video conference that started at around 1 p.m. was disturbed by unwanted intrusions, ranging from incoming spam calls to some of the speakers’ mobile phones from foreign numbers to "zoombombing".
The activists – Surya Anta, Ambrosius Mulait, Dano Tabuni, Charles Kossay and Ariana Lokbere – had been convicted of treason for protesting in support of Papuan independence in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta in August of last year.
Judges have sent activists to prison for committing treason during a protest supporting Papuan independence last August. A human rights watchdog criticized the decision, saying they had the right to assemble and voice their opinions.
The concerns were raised by antigraft activists over funds funneled to regions for social aid to weather the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the new KPK Law enacted in October last year could hamper the investigation process.
The Environment and Forestry Ministry has complained that a lack of certification in environmental matters among judges remains one of the biggest obstacles to law enforcement in environmental damage cases, including those involving land and forest fires.
In many towns and cities, women next Monday will skip school, work and other activities to show how public life looks without them, delivering a critique of the violence that has led to a surge in femicides, or gender-motivated killings of women.
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