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BaronChocula

(1,457 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 06:03 PM May 2020

Democratic candidates forum 'Zoom bombed' with swastikas

Source: VT Digger

Aforum for Democratic lieutenant governor candidates was “Zoom bombed” with swastikas Wednesday evening, leading candidate Brenda Siegel to call for enhanced security at these forums.

The Essex County Democratic Committee hosted the videoconferenced forum, which was attended by candidates Siegel, an activist; Senate Majority Leader Tim Ashe, D-Chittenden; Sen. Debbie Ingram, D-Chittenden; and Assistant Attorney General Molly Gray.

Siegel said that the meeting was first Zoom-bombed twice by individuals who drew swastikas, wrote “Hail Satan” and told Siegel and the host, Martha Allen, the chair of the Essex County Democratic Committee, to “shut up bitch.”

Siegel said that she has faced anti-Semitic harrassment in the past and it was important to call-out anti-Semitism, racism and attacks on other marginalized groups.

“There’s a rise of hate across this country and across the state,” she said. “We can’t just go forward without naming what happened, and as the Jewish candidate, I’m really shook, and that showed.”

Siegel said that virtual meetings need a registration system to track who is in attendance, a waiting room in Zoom, and a set of norms for what is and is not allowed established by impacted individuals.

Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/30/democratic-candidates-forum-zoom-bombed-with-swastikas/

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Democratic candidates forum 'Zoom bombed' with swastikas (Original Post) BaronChocula May 2020 OP
Zoom has waiting room functionality. You can also set passwords. n/t CousinIT May 2020 #1
What has Zoom done about this? rockfordfile May 2020 #2
I think they have tools to protect meetings. If the user doesn't use the tools, shit happens. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #6
The same thing happened to Delaware congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester. Walleye May 2020 #3
Swastikas. SergeStorms May 2020 #4
This may not sit well with many here, but my belief is Progressive Jones May 2020 #5

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
6. I think they have tools to protect meetings. If the user doesn't use the tools, shit happens.
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:55 AM
May 2020

The meeting organizers would have no problem hiring a caterer if the meeting were actual instead of virtual. But they apparently don't want to hire a technical facilitator who could make meetings more secure.

I hope our Zoom Democratic Convention is handled professionally. As well as our internet-based voting system in November, if it comes to that. Russians and Chinese and Republicans would love to "bomb" an election.

Walleye

(30,697 posts)
3. The same thing happened to Delaware congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester.
Fri May 1, 2020, 06:48 PM
May 2020

Complete with racist epithets. She was having a meeting with the black caucus members of the state legislature . Despicable.

SergeStorms

(18,880 posts)
4. Swastikas.
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:16 PM
May 2020

That's what Trump's cult has resorted to? They'll have a hard time convincing a majority of Americans that they're on the right side of anything. Assholes.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
5. This may not sit well with many here, but my belief is
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:52 PM
May 2020

that the only good nazis are nazis who've been swiftly and brutally "removed from society".

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