James Lee

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investigations are underway after at least three Zoom sessions have been infiltrated by the needs of people sharing pictures of children being sexually abused.

The latest incident occurred on Tuesday during a legal education seminar on the video-conferencing platform.

A law lecturer, was a guest speaker in the online event, his computer screen was "overtaken" by the "insanely stressful" Material.

"Zoom" and said it was "looking into" what had happened.

The case was, according to The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, which is part of The National Crime Agency (NCA).

James Lee , reader in English Law at King's College London, told Bbc News about 40 people were logged in to The Session so far publicly on Social Media .

About 20 Minutes , when he gave his speech, The Session was interrupted.

"The screen was said to have overtaken by someone to share such images," Mr. Lee.

"I tried to pull all the plugs out of my computer.

"I've never seen anything like it - it was incredibly stressful. "

"Absolutely

disgusted,'The event was stopped, but when it appeared again, more Child Abuse footage, so it was abandoned.

It is thought, three pre-recorded Video Clips are played back. They were described by those present as with the images of the extreme abuse of children.

Professor Michael Doherty of the University of Lancaster, who organized the virtual meeting, said on Twitter: "had an absolutely terrible experience with zoom bombing. big apology to all at The Meeting .

"We need to move to a different system with passwords and invitation. Absolutely sick," he wrote.

last week, a Zoom meeting organized was infiltrated by the 40,000-strong Federation of young European Greens, from someone streaming abuse material on of child sexual.

It was reported to the police, in Belgium, where the organisation is based.

A similar incident is to be believed, happened on Last Friday during an online discussion about Covid-19 contact tracing apps, organised by The Open Rights Group, which is the goal of "preserving and promoting" the rights of the people in the digital age.

The Internet Watch Foundation to remove the works, the content is about Child Abuse from The Web , said it had been alerted.

"Zoom" and said it was "looking into" what had happened.

A company spokesman said: "These incidents are really devastating and horrible, and our user guidelines expressly prohibit any obscene, offensive, illegal or violent activities or content on The Platform .

"Zoom condemns such behavior and recently updated several features that help our users more easily, protect your meetings. "

The company said it had. the Zoom Meeting ID, the less visible, and had added a new security icon at its meeting controls

"We encourage users to report you Zoom in all the incidents of this kind either, so that we can take appropriate action or directly to the law enforcement authorities," the spokesman added.

Earlier this month, Zoom, and promised the safety and privacy it offers.

The NRC said it was aware of a "number" of reports.

NCA Deputy Director Charles Yates said: "The NCA is working with partners in the UK and abroad, law enforcement authorities and the Private Sector , to respond to these cases.

"we need the operators of these platforms to do what you can to have reported, to ensure that their services are misused or compromised in this way, especially in a time when live-streaming applications, significant growth in the use of. "

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Source of news: bbc.com