In recent years Zoom has gained substantial market share in the United States — without much public awareness of its connection to China.
A new Department of Justice Final Rule was issued on April 8th, 2025 [16] that prohibits access to U.S. Data by China (including Hong Kong). Zoom's Network is directly connected to China (Hong Kong) [14] and therefore is in violation of the new Rule!
In addition, the Rule looks to prevent the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) from using “technology products and services that it controls”, such as Zoom [7,10]. According to the Fact Sheet of the Rule, the CCP's intent is to “use this data for cyber-attacks, blackmail, espionage, and intimidating activists, academics, political figures, and journalists, as well as enhancing military capabilities and for other malicious activities” … “ ‘on Americans to advance its AI goals’ and ‘surveil Americans as part of its campaign of transnational repression.’ ” … “[China] employ[s] advanced technologies like big-data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), [machine learning,] and high-performance computing to manipulate and exploit this data more effectively.” [15]
There are further troubling details: