Do you care to explain why? Because what I said is factual.
They stated they aim to "limit the actions we take to those necessary to comply with local law", in this case their action went beyond that limit, and now that they're aware, they fixed it.
And I see no evidence otherwise -- this is not something they've shown any pattern of behavior in. It appears to be a one-off.
Any conspiracy-mongering that Zoom is nefariously in cahoots with the Chinese government to intentionally try to sneak in an extra blocked account just begs credulity.
I'm not the only one who was waiting for the cover up lie for this incidence.
"if they make an excuse AFTER THIS STORY BLOWS UP, I think it's reasonable to consider their justification "retconned" and not actually the real reason they closed the account (which can be reasonably inferred to be CCP-aligned censorship)."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23481177
It's also not the first time an American company would lockup a non-chinese user's account for saying/doing something china doesn't like.
A famous example is Blizzard's banning of a Hong Kong protester's account, seizing his earnings and backtracked after the story went viral.
They stated they aim to "limit the actions we take to those necessary to comply with local law", in this case their action went beyond that limit, and now that they're aware, they fixed it.
And I see no evidence otherwise -- this is not something they've shown any pattern of behavior in. It appears to be a one-off.
Any conspiracy-mongering that Zoom is nefariously in cahoots with the Chinese government to intentionally try to sneak in an extra blocked account just begs credulity.