[Governance] Anti-Zoom-bombing guide

Tue Apr 21 08:04:34 EDT 2020

Thanks Micheal for sharing this resource and I am sorry to hear about the
trauma this incident caused you. You’d expect this pandemic to affect
somehow human behavior but NO! I will share your document  with my network.

Be well everyone

Hanane Boujemi

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, Michael J. Oghia via Governance <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> 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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