A virtual remembrance event featuring Holocaust survivors was suspended after protesters crashed it with racially charged and obscene images.
This isn't the first time Zoom meetings held by Jewish groups have been"Zoombombed" by racists during the coronavirus pandemic. The ADL has seen an increase in reports of threatening and obscene messages and actions,"often including those that contain hate speech or pornographic content," the organization wrote on its website.
"While some of these reported Zoombombing incidents can be attributed to Internet trolls without particularly malicious intentions, there is concern that extremists could exploit the increasing reliance on video conferencing technology to target certain groups or advance their hateful messages," stated ADL.
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