Zoom disables accounts of Chinese dissidents for commemorating Tiananmen Square | Science & Tech

Zoom suspended an account used to host a meeting commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre between pro-democracy activists and Chinese dissidents. The suspension targeted Humanitarian China, an organisation based in the US, after it held a call with roughly 250 people, including a number who dialled in from China. The organisation is led by Zhou Fengsuo who was a student leader during the protests for political reform in the country which concluded with a brutal military crackdown on 4 June 1989. ‘Survivors still afraid to speak out’ The event was held so that those who were present at the protests as…