‘Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupt Classes

Inside Higher Ed

Online Zoom classes were disrupted by individuals spewing racist, misogynistic or vulgar content.
Experts say professors using Zoom should familiarize themselves with the program’s settings.

By Elizabeth Redden
March 26, 2020

Like many professors across the country who’ve been displaced from college campuses because of the coronavirus pandemic, Lance Gharavi suddenly found himself teaching his spring semester courses at Arizona State University online using the Zoom meeting platform. His first Zoom session for an approximately 150-student Introduction to Storytelling course went terribly wrong. READ MORE