In the US, black churches, synagogues face racially abusive ‘Zoombombings’
RNS With their eyes closed in prayer, asking God to help the country’s overburdened healthcare workers, members of the Impact Movement ministry group never saw the attack coming. “God is dead, God is dead,” they suddenly heard a young male voice say over their Zoom video conference system. Then other voices joined in, laughing and chanting the n-word. […]
‘Zoombombing’ comes for houses of worship
Boston, USRNS On Sunday, Alex Merritt was signed in to the Zoom video conferencing app, discussing a Biblical passage with members of his Sunday school young adults group at St David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. Then the trolls attacked. Some began sharing their screens and drawing obscene images over the text the group had […]