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Avoid being the victim of ‘zoom-bombing’ & other intrudersTALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Ashley

Moody is working with Florida sheriffs, police chiefs and university police to stop child porn Zoombomb-ing. Zoombombing occurs when hackers hijack in-ternet video conferences, like those offered by the fast-growing platform Zoom. These hackers often present inappropriate, offensive material or otherwise disrupt video conferences. Recent reports indicate that hackers are crashing online meetings with child pornography. After learning of this criminal activity, Attorney General Moody began working with local law enforcement to thwart the offensive conduct and ensure local, state and federal law enforcement are coordinated in their efforts.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “It’s heart-breaking that anyone would exploit children in this manner, but child pornography is pervasive online. It’s disgusting and illegal. When hackers hijack meetings and force participants to view these dis-turbing images, we must ensure we have an immedi-ate, aggressive and coordinated law enforcement re-sponse. That is why I am working with our great law enforcement agencies to track down Zoombombers and hold them accountable for the victimization of our children.”

Anyone experiencing Zoombombing with ille-gal images, or receiving child pornography by other means, should immediately report the crime to local law enforcement. To report child abuse, Floridians can also call the state child abuse hotline at 1(800) 962-2873.

Earlier this year, Attorney General Moody issued a

CONSUMER ALERTConsumer Alert to inform Floridians about steps they can take to prevent online meetings being hijacked.

To increase privacy and guard against Zoom-bombing:

• Create separate passwords for each virtual meet-ing;

•Establish a Zoom waiting room for meeting par-ticipants;

•Lock down the meeting once everyone invited to

attend has joined; and•Do not publicly post meeting links on social me-

dia or any other public forum.Zoom also offers privacy settings to provide hosts

an additional layer of protection. To enable these ex-tra security features, hosts should click on the settings menu, scroll to Screen Sharing, find Who Can Share? then click on Host Only. Finally, the user should save the changes.

After saving the new preferences, subsequent meetings should enable these enhanced privacy fea-tures by default.

Bristol City CouncilNOTICE OF

SPECIAL MEETING

The Bristol City Council invites the public to attend a Special Virtual Meeting of the Bris-tol City Council which will be held remotely utilizing communications media technology, pursuant to Executive Orders No. 20-69 and 20-139 issued by the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis.

DATE AND TIME: Monday, June 29, 2020, 6:30 p.m. ET

PLACE: https://join.startmeeting.com/rmhcityof

bristol for City Officials.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO PAR-TICIPATE TELEPHONICALLY BY CALLING (856)799-9521 from any phone.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act, any person re-quiring special accommodations to partici-pate in this meeting is asked to advise the City Clerk’s office at least 5 days prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

If any person decides to appeal any deci-sion made by the Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hear-ing, he/she will need to ensure that a verba-tim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

Durwood Stewart, ChairmanRobin M. Hatcher, City Clerk

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