Video communications platform. Disbanded internal DEI team in January 2024, shifting to external consultants. Did not donate to Trump's 2025 inauguration.
In January 2024, Zoom disbanded its internal DEI team as part of layoffs affecting 2% of workforce (150 employees). COO Aparna Bawa announced the company 'recognized that we need to change the way we approach both DEI and learning and development.' The company shifted to external DEI consultants rather than maintaining internal staff. Zoom had launched its DEI program in 2020 after George Floyd's murder.
Following the June 2020 implementation of Hong Kong's National Security Law, Zoom announced it would suspend responding to Hong Kong government requests for user data or content removal pending a human rights review. This decision came after Zoom faced criticism for shutting down accounts of US-based activists commemorating Tiananmen Square at China's request. The Hong Kong data pause was part of Zoom's effort to establish clearer human rights standards for government requests.