Zoombombers are hijacking video chats and terrorizing marginalized groups. Now Zoom is rolling out new updates to stop them
Founded in 1987, ACT UP has used aggressive direct actions like "die-ins" to draw attention to the AIDS pandemic and the need for research, treatment, and a cure.Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Following introductions, Rose said, the room suddenly became chaotic as multiple users tried to wrest control of the audio and video. Seeing all the other activists on the video chat, Rose said, "made me even sadder — to feel what that space could have been and what it was turned into."The video chat was hosted on Jitsi, a free open-source platform launched in 2011. Like Zoom, Jitsi is not end-to-end encrypted, and users"I had read about Zoombombing, but experiencing it was much worse," Rose said.
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