After SpaceX, Google bans employees from using Zoom

Google is the latest company to ban employees from using popular video-conferencing app Zoom owing o security concerns according to a BuzzFeed News report.

Zoom which had garnered over 200 million users worldwide in March owing to global shutdowns in light of the coronavirus pandemic has recently been under the scanner for multiple security issues.

Google is not the only company to disable Zoom for its employees. Earlier this month, Elon Musk’s SpaceX had also banned employees from using the video conferencing app over security concerns according to a Reuters report.

The Taiwan cabinet on April 8 had asked all its government agencies to stop using products such as Zoom that raise security concerns according to media reports. Furthermore, the app has also been banned by New York City officials for schools who were earlier using the app to facilitate remote classes and sessions, TechCrunch had reported.