The agreement comes one day after the NYC Department of Education lifted its ban on Zoom after approving new safety features.
A representative for Connecticut AG William Tong said the office's probe into Zoom is still ongoing. In addition to the probe led by the Connecticut AG, Zoom still faces anthat claims the company failed to tell shareholders about privacy and security issues with its platform.
Some of the abuse resulted from open features that Zoom had in place to aid its rapid growth. Users were able to join conversations with the click of a link, for example, which worked fine when they were shared mainly with coworkers, but less so when they were used to invite large groups of strangers to chats. The NYC DOE isof the program, which includes certain protections, like only allowing teachers to share screens or invite students to sessions.
The attorney general's agreement also includes protections for students. All free kindergarten through 12th grade education accounts will have to allow hosts to control access to conferences with a password or digital waiting room. They also must be able to control access to private messages, email domains and whether participants can share screens, according to the agreement.
Many of the measures Zoom agreed to implement have already been completed or planned for. Zoom agreed, for example, to stop sharing user data with
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