“Please know that university leadership continues to stand in solidarity with you and all individuals who are victims of hate and prejudice as we publicly denounce these disgusting attacks and diligently pursue ways to find and hold accountable the perpetrators.”īarron said the incident was referred to police, as well as to Zoom, for further investigation.

“The recently reported ‘Zoom bombings’ of various meetings and lectures … is beyond disgusting and sadly another reminder of the ongoing work that must continue if we are to end incidents motivated by hate,” Penn State University President Eric Barron said in a statement released Saturday. Caucus members responded by reporting and removing each intruder and contacted the university’s administration immediately after. Some uninvited users also reportedly screamed into their microphones, played loud music and exposed themselves, the statement said.

In addition, the users directed numerous racist and homophobic slurs at the organization’s executive board members, according to a statement from the organization.

The incident, which occurred last week, allegedly involved 51 unwanted users “Zoom bombing” the meeting room during the event, filling the chat with “anti-Semitic and white supremacist language,” the Daily Collegian reported. After more than 50 uninvited users infiltrated a virtual meeting of the Penn State University Black Caucus, the university is encouraging student organizations, professors and others to require authentication on their videoconferencing applications.

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