Pressured by the Chinese government to comply with censorship guidelines, Zoom drafted guidelines to suppress content critical of Beijing.

By deploying fake social media personas and operating a police station abroad, Beijing sought to enforce its censorship regime in the U.S.

Uninvited guests can inhabit the video conferencing platform in three different ways, IBM Research found.

The announcement comes after U.S. authorities ordered Zoom to increase their security mechanisms.

The FTC has a long security to-do list for Zoom.

A deal in May paid off for the company, which added the encryption upgrade globally about six months after security experts and others began clamoring for it.

Originally only offered to paid users, the stronger encryption offering is coming to Zoom in four phases.

A hacker who successfully exploits the Zoom vulnerability could access files on the vulnerable computer, according to ACROS Security, the Slovenian firm that highlighted the issue.

Privacy and security experts had criticized the videoconferencing company's decision to limit which accounts had access to improved privacy and security.

The apology comes after an uproar from human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers for Zoom’s role in quashing dissent outside of mainland China.