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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Feb 17, 2022, 12:25 AM Feb 2022

(Jewish Group) Israeli professor's lecture interrupted by antisemitic Zoom-bombing

A virtual lecture by an Israeli scientist was interrupted last week by an antisemitic Zoom-bombing, or a flood of unwanted comments and sounds made by users trying to distract from the event.

Sason Shaik, a chemistry professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was giving a virtual talk for students at the University of Houston and the University of California, Davis when trolls joined the Zoom call and began playing “Heil Hitler” sounds, according to the Algemeiner.

“Suddenly, lots of people jumped into the Zoom, playing background sounds of fighting and very offensive language,” event organizer Judy Wu told the Algemeiner. “There were robotic sounds saying ‘Heil Hitler,’ which was very unpleasant.”

Shaik told the newspaper that he didn’t learn about the Zoom-bombing until after the fact, as his sound was off during the event, but he condemned the attack.

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I am sure it was just a protest.

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