Read on Twitter
Nothings happening, other than an executive of a US telecom firm indicted for illegally shutting down web conferencing meetings on orders from Chinese intelligence. Looks like Company 1 may be Webex?
#ButNothingsHappening https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1339956755950956545
#ButNothingsHappening https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1339956755950956545
Seems Xinjian Jin AKA Julien Jin is in China & not in US custody...
Looks like a planned effort to disrupt Tiananmen Square commemorations & events.
Looks like a planned effort to disrupt Tiananmen Square commemorations & events.
The CCP was using leverage against companies based in China to influence events outside of China...
Jin was illegally silencing US users of the web conferencing software on orders of the Chinese government. Then lying to US company officials about doing so.
This sets a good precedent, wonder if any Twitter or Facebook executives are banning people on orders from China?
This sets a good precedent, wonder if any Twitter or Facebook executives are banning people on orders from China?
Identifying users all over the world for free speech that would be illegal in China. Then spying on the users, identifying them & their contact info, shutting down meeting & blocking access to the web meetings.
Jin & the Chinese fabricated evidence of violations of Terms of Service (TOS) to justify banning users & canceling meetings. But were also spying upon users in the US & using US servers. Lying to company execs that this was all valid...
They also set up fake accounts & framed users for misconduct including supporting terrorism, incitement to violence & child abuse. All to persuade Company 1 (likely Webex based on Jin's Linked-in account) to let PRC cancel these meetings & ban users.
PRC authorities also used the identification of participants, provided by Jin, to intimidate participants or their family members that live in China.
