For a Chinese "security" executive at Zoom, "security" meant the security of
the Chinese regime.
He reported on users to China, and snooped on meetings. If they
discussed the Tien An Men Square massacre, he terminated the meetings
and the participants' accounts, on the orders of China.
Zoom management responded to the scandal by promising that in the
future Zoom would only cancel an account on China's command this way
if the user is in China.
Other companies that help the Chinese government impose repression
include Apple
and Google.
Can we expect a big company to have the scruples to decline the
invitation to gain access to the "Chinese market" by becoming part of
the system of oppression?
No, we can't expect it.
But we must demand it.
This was the work of a rogue employee, but what made it possible
is that Zoom's design lets staff snoop on every conversation as it
passes through the server without getting a search warrant.