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A New Bedford Board of Health Zoom meeting was disrupted by pornographic images and racist, homophobic language.

The incident, known as "Zoom bombing," nearly caused the meeting to be canceled before control was regained.

An expert suggests that while Zoom may have data on the perpetrator, obtaining a search warrant can be difficult.

NEW BEDFORD – It was a “horrible” couple minutes during the opening of the Board of Health’s Sept. 8 Zoom meeting involving South Coast Renewables proposed trash transfer station.

Zoom bombing is videoconference disruption by “pornographic and/or hate images and threatening language,” as defined by the FBI.

Only a few moments into the meeting, the screen was hijacked. A naked, vaping man sat facing the camera in an armchair committ

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