Zoom to publish its first transparency report 'later this year' after missing deadline

Video calling platform Zoom has missed its own deline for publishing its first transparency report even as it remains under fire for towing  Chinese government's line and disrupt meetings held by Beijing dissidents.  company previously said it would release number of government demands it has received by June 30, but as per an updated blog, reports will be published "later this year".

"We are improving our global policy to respond to se s of requests. We will outline this policy as part of our transparency report, to be published later this year," updated blog on company website said. It didn't specify exactly when it intends to release report.

"We have me significant progress defining framework and approach for a transparency report that details information related to requests Zoom receives for data, records, or content. We look forward to providing fiscal Q2 data in our first report later this year," blog furr stated.

Transparency reports in general offer rare insights into number of demands or requests a company gets from government for user data. se reports are t mandatory but y are important to understand scale and scope of government surveillance.

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Towing CPC's line

After drawing intense scrutiny and outr, Zoom said on June 11 that it regretted that some meetings involving US-based Chinese dissidents were disrupted on request of Beijing, as meanwhile a prominent Hong Kong activist said his account was blocked despite city’s guarantees of free speech.

Zoom is hequartered in San Jose, California, but conducts much of its research and development in mainland China. use of virtual meetings app has skyrocketed during pandemic.

company h confirmed reports that it h reactivated Zoom accounts of a US-based group of dissidents which were suspended after y held an online event commemorating June 4, 1989, crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

“We regret that a few recent meetings with participants both inside and outside of China were negatively impacted and important conversations were disrupted," Zoom h said in a statement.

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(With ANI inputs)

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