APRIL 16 • 2020 | 19
ed incidents ranging from dis-
ruptions to virtual classrooms
at the University of Southern
California and a children’
s sto-
rytelling hour in New Jersey.
In Thousand Oaks, California,
an online school board meet-
ing was ended after someone
shared a swastika, Nazi flag
and pornographic images.
On the page, ADL cautions
that while some incidents can
be attributed to internet trolls
without malicious intentions,
there is concern “extremists
could exploit the increasing
reliance on video conferencing
technology to target certain
groups or advance their hate-
ful messages.
”
The page also gives instruc-
tions for preventing Zoom-
bombings, using Zoom.us
settings. Some tips include
adding co-hosts to monitor
activity, disabling screen
sharing for non-hosts, enable
a waiting room to screen
participants, not using your
personal meeting ID to host
public meetings, muting all
participants and more.
“This is a nationwide
problem, and I’
m concerned
it could increase as more
people use these systems,
”
said Matthew Schneider,
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of
Michigan, which
covers 6.5 mil-
lion people in
34 counties. “We
are in the pro-
cess of working
with Michigan
Attorney General Dana
Nessel, sheriffs and police
chiefs.
“This could very well be a
crime — disturbing a public
meeting, using a computer to
commit a crime, hate crimes.
We want to get the word out
to perpetrators: ‘
This is not
a harmless joke. You could
end up with law enforcement
knocking on your door.
’
”
Schneider says charges
could range from a misde-
meanor to a felony, and that
only a handful of incidents
have been reported so far in
the Eastern District.
“Criminals will always
take advantage of any crisis,
”
Schneider said, adding other
examples of online misbe-
havior he’
s seen, like people
selling fake coronavirus test
kits or pretending to give stim-
ulus checks just to get bank
account access.
“Zoom-bombing is just
another way to use a crisis to
be despicable,
” he said.
“We want to get the word out
to perpetrators. This is not
a harmless joke. You could
end up with law enforcement
knocking on your door.”
— MATTHEW SCHNEIDER,
U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
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