[SINGAPORE] Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers, its education ministry said on Friday, after 'very serious incidents' occurred in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers, its education ministry said on Friday, after "very serious incidents" occurred in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning.
One of the incidents involved obscene images appearing on screens and strange men making lewd comments during the streaming of a geography lesson with teenage girls, according to local media reports. Zoom Video Communications Inc ZM.O has been plagued with safety and privacy concerns about its conferencing app which has seen a surge in usage as offices and schools around the world shut to try curb coronavirus infections.
"These are very serious incidents. MOE is currently investigating both breaches and will lodge a police report if warranted," said Aaron Loh of the ministry's educational technology division, without detailing the incidents. "As a precautionary measure, our teachers will suspend their use of Zoom until these security issues are ironed out."
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