Zoom says obscene ‘Bombings’ aren’t its fault under the law

Don’t blame Zoom if your church’s or school’s virtual meeting was disrupted by outsiders heckling you with profanity or streaming pornography.

So says the teleconferencing company in a court filing arguing that it is shielded from lawsuits over Zoombombings under the same federal law that protects other internet platforms from being sued when a terrorist is inspired by social media posts.

Zoom Video Communications Inc. is fighting a rash of lawsuits alleging that privacy and security flaws jeopardized the safety of the video-conferencing app as its use exploded worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic. Among the incidents that spurred suits are the hijacking of a San Francisco church’s senior citizen bible study class with images of child pornography and the unwelcome presence of men in a private pole dancing class sponsored by a studio in Austin, Texas.