Zoom Video Communications Inc. has publicly announced that it is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as by several U.S. Attorney’s Offices, for several months.
As explained in a blog post, these authorities have asked the company that provides video conferencing services for information on its relationships with foreign governments and political parties, details on the storage and access to user data, and data on security and privacy issues.
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The revelation of these investigations came on the same day that a Zoom employee was accused of spying and censoring, allegedly, several video conferences criticizing the Chinese Government in connection with the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
Zoom is under investigation for security issues
This is not the first time that Zoom and China have been accused of collaboration. A few months ago, approximately when several of the investigations made public today began, the company admitted to closing the accounts of three activists who were precisely planning to commemorate the Tiananmen protests.
Now, U.S. prosecutors are asking the platform for information about the contact the company’s employees have with Chinese government representatives.
Similarly, they were interested in whether any country had attempted to influence the company’s action regarding users located in the United States.
The company assures that they are cooperating “fully with all these investigations” and they say that they are carrying out “exhaustive” researches at an internal level.
Defending itself, the company points out that they currently offer their services to the United States Government through its government platform.
In addition, they say, in recent months they have worked to strengthen user confidence by launching end-to-end encryption or improving their internal access controls that have included restrictions on Zoom’s global network for employees located in China.
