Zoom is facing the prospect of mounting legal threats in Washington after a slew of prominent Democratic lawmakers urged federal regulators today to investigate its privacy and security lapses
But its soaring usage has also drawn attention to reported issues such as data leaks, the exposure of private videos and a new form of online harassment known as “Zoom bombing,” in which intruders bombard conference participants with racist, pornographic or other offensive content.general, including those in Connecticut and Florida, as POLITICO first reported, as well as a wave of condemnation from officials on Capitol Hill.
Zoom has also faced resistance in some school systems, many of which had started to rely on the service as they shift their lessons online. In New York City, the city Department of Education has told schools to shift away from the platform. And while federal agencies remain authorized to use a government-specific version of Zoom for some purposes, two federal overseers said in a statement Tuesday that they need to be careful not to use the version that ordinary people or businesses would rely on.
Zoom has received at least eight federal purchase orders in the past three years, according to a POLITICO search of a government procurement website. Those include a $141,981 purchase order approved this month by the National Institutes of Health, for uses including video conferencing and webinars, and a $22,630 order in November from the State Department.that the company will focus its resources over the next three months on addressing those issues.
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