NYC classrooms cancel Zoom after trolls make ‘Zoombombing’ a thing
Zoom, the company most of the world didn’t know existed before quarantine, is being banned from New York City classrooms due to some increasingly disturbing instances of “Zoombombing.” “The safety and security of our staff and students is at the forefront of every decision we make around remote learning, and for that reason, we have asked schools to transition away from using Zoom as soon as possible,” a spokesperson for The New York City Department of Education told Gizmodo.
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