[Governance] Anti-Zoom-bombing guide

Tue Apr 21 07:40:17 EDT 2020

Hi Sheetal and Jane,

Thank you both for your support, solidarity, compassion, and kindness. I
really appreciate you sharing it, and know that I'm doing OK. I agree with
you Jane that protecting ourselves is one of the ways to fight back, which
is exactly what motivated me to do this.

Stay safe and well,
-Michael

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:58 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Thank you for putting together this guide and sharing, its very useful!
> I've shared with networks, as well as family and friends. Really sorry to
> hear about the incident, but thanks for this work to help ensure that it
> doesn't happen to other people.
>
> Hope you're keeping well,
>
> Best
> Sheetal
>
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 23:51, Jane Coffin via Governance <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:
>
>> Michael –
>>
>>
>>
>> I have circulated your guide to some of the people in our IT Team.
>> We evidently also had an incident with a panel we were on (a SXSW virtual
>> panel) where some neo-nazis were hating on the tribal communities we work
>> with.
>>
>> I just found this out, and find it disgusting that people are using
>> on-line sessions -  for all our organizations -as a place to spread hate,
>> nastiness, and frankly content that is criminal (in the case of your
>> incident)
>>
>> Thank you for the guide.  It is being put to good use.  Keep the faith.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Jane
>>
>>
>>
>> Senior Vice President, Internet Growth
>>
>> Internet Society
>>
>> +1.202.247.8429
>>
>> www.internetsociety.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Governance <governance-bounces at lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of
>> "Michael J. Oghia via Governance" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> *Reply-To: *"Michael J. Oghia" <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Friday, April 17, 2020 at 9:17 PM
>> *To: *Chris Prince Udochukwu Njọkụ <udochukwu.njoku at unn.edu.ng>
>> *Cc: *IGC <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Governance] Anti-Zoom-bombing guide
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm happy you to hear you find it useful and readable. I'm having a bit
>> of insomnia, so apologies all for the late message.
>>
>>
>>
>> I actually took to Twitter after the incident happened, and Zoom almost
>> immediately responded. They are now investigating the incident, and it's
>> not just the group I was part of. It happened to, for instance, an
>> OpenRightsGroup meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>> I understand your point, especially in places where the government
>> actively works to disrupt activism and dissent. It's a good reminder that
>> in such situations, it's difficult to know whom to turn to. It's also why
>> having such a strong and supportive civil society network is so vital.
>>
>>
>> Stay safe and well,
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 1:45 AM Chris Prince Udochukwu Njọkụ <
>> udochukwu.njoku at unn.edu.ng> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you so much, Michael, for this. It's an intelligent, well crafted
>> piece that will be very useful. I recommend it to everyone.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding reporting a hijacker to Zoom who can take measures to report to
>> law enforcement officials, I'd like us to keep in mind, while doing that,
>> that the hijacker or intruder might be a law enforcement official or other
>> government agent who might be waging an official war and Zoom might do
>> little more than blocking/blacklisting. We know how governments are
>> increasingly spying the online space for persons, groups and activities
>> they perceive as anti-government.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  [image: Image removed by sender.]
>>
>> Chris Prince Udochukwu *Njọkụ*, Ph.D.
>>
>> Computer Communications Centre
>>
>> University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001
>>
>> @DrCPUNjoku
>>
>>  We mustn't remain with old ways of doing things,
>>
>> especially if they're not yielding optimum results.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:16 PM Michael J. Oghia via Governance <
>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you're all safe and well in these surreal times.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yesterday, while I was participating in a Zoom session hosted by an
>> activists' group I'm part of, our meeting was "bombed" (hijacked) by highly
>> disturbing and traumatising imagery. This experience left all of us on the
>> call quite shaken, but I told myself that it can be the catalyst for action
>> so that we can protect ourselves going forward.
>>
>>
>>
>> As such, I compiled a short guide
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zUV_z0XkuN2rQ5bDYFx9BBWM4rpYpO5Ker5ZWDnPr9M/edit?usp=sharing>
>> on how to protect ourselves from Zoom-bombing that I want to share.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stay safe and well,
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> __________________
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael J. Oghia | Advocacy & Engagement Manager
>>
>> Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD <https://gfmd.info>)
>>
>> Belgrade, Serbia | Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> | LinkedIn
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia>
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