A Justice Department-led committee has asked the Federal Communications Commission to examine whether the deal “poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests” of the country, based on the video-chat platform’s “foreign relationships and ownership.” (The Logic)

Talking point: Zoom announced the acquisition in July; Five9 makes cloud software for customer-service contact centres. The “foreign relationships and ownership” in question are likely in China—in December 2020, the Justice Department charged a Zoom executive who liaised with Beijing with providing information about users outside China without corporate authorization. In April 2020, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab reported concerns about the platform’s encryption, including keys delivered through Chinese servers. San Jose, Calif.-based Zoom has said it won’t allow requests from Beijing to affect users outside China.