Prosecutors said the China-based executive, Xinjiang Jin, worked as Zoom’s primary liaison with Chinese law enforcement and intelligence services, sharing user information and terminating video calls at the Chinese government’s request. “As the DOJ makes clear, every American company, including Zoom and our industry peers, faces challenges when doing business in China,” the company said in its statement. Quoting from electronic messages between Jin and other Zoom employees, FBI agents outlined a months-long, high-pressure campaign by China’s “Internet Police” to view users’ video calls and suppress unwanted speech. Zoom also agreed, the complaint states, to provide “special access” to Chinese law enforcement and national-security authorities. The company later said it had “mistakenly” sent American video calls to Chinese data centers amid a flood of calls.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2020 22:21 UTC