Zoom Video Communications Inc., owner of the popular meeting application that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, will pay $85 million to users and implement changes to its business as part of a class action settlement tied to multiple "Zoombombing" incidents — including one in which pornography was streamed into a Bible study class.
Judge Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California granted final approval of the settlement agreement on Thursday. The agreement was initially filed in July and received preliminary approval in October.
Plaintiffs in the case said Zoom improperly shared data with third-party software from companies including Facebook and Google; claimed to have end-to-end encryption when it did not; and failed to prevent Zoombombing — disruptions of Zoom meetings by outsiders — among other allegations, according to court documents.
