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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