The Zoom videoconferencing platform has become ubiquitous as the coronavirus spreads. But it has security flaws, and hackers disrupted two recent US coronavirus-related webinars using the platform with racist slurs. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus: as the pandemic spreads in the US, so do racist attacks, and not just against Asians
- Asians and Asian-Americans continue to be targets, but recent coronavirus webinars have included abuse and slurs of black participants
- The Zoom videoconferencing platform was used, and hacked, in both webinars
The Zoom videoconferencing platform has become ubiquitous as the coronavirus spreads. But it has security flaws, and hackers disrupted two recent US coronavirus-related webinars using the platform with racist slurs. Photo: Reuters
