Zoom Bombing Virtual NA Meetings

We’ve received reports from around the world that virtual meetings using the Zoom platform are being disrupted with the interjection of profanity, pornography and verbal abuse by internet “trolls”.

Zoom meetings begin conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis have been targeted as most persons hosting the meetings are not knowledgeable on how to configure the service to prevent such attacks..

To avoid such disruptions to NA virtual meetings we suggest that you search the internet using the terms “zoom bombing” to find guidelines on how to prevent such occurrences.

One guide written by a Narcotics Anonymous service body for NA meetings on Zoom is available here:

https://na-hawaii.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Suggestions-and-Best-Practices-for-Zoom-Meetings-2.pdf

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