<ul><li>Google, SpaceX, Standard Chartered have banned employees from using Zoom.</li><li>Zoom has become one of the most popular video conferencing apps amid the Coronavirus pandemic.</li><li>Standard Chartered has banned both Zoom and Google Hangouts for its employees.</li></ul>The Coronavirus pandemic has pushed people to work from home and conduct meetings via video conferencing. It hence comes as no surprise that apps like Zoom witnessed a massive surge in usage.  Along with popularity, Zoom has been the target of controversies over security issues.<br /><br />As per a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/researchers-found-and-bought-more-than-500000-zoom-passwords-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-cent-each/articleshow/75138495.cms">report</a>, over half a million Zoom accounts are available on the dark web for less than a cent each. Apart from this, Zoom Bombing, which is basically crashing a digital meeting has also become quite common. <br /><br />Zoom CEO Eric Yuan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/zoom-admits-calls-got-mistakenly-routed-through-china/articleshow/75014688.cms">recently admitted</a> that some calls were erroneously routed via China.<br /><br />Several companies and organisations have now started asking their employees to stop using video conferencing services such as Zoom and Google Hangouts to communicate.<br /><br /><strong>Companies that have banned Zoom<br /></strong><br /><ul><li>Google has banned Zoom for all its employees, and they have been asked to use the company's Duo service.</li><li>Standard Chartered has become the first major bank that has asked its employees to stop using Zoom.</li><li>Elon Musk-led SpaceX has banned its employees from using Zoom.</li></ul><strong>Government organisations that have banned Zoom<br /></strong><br /><ul><li>Taiwan banned the use of Zoom for all the government agencies.</li><li>The German Foreign Ministry has restricted the usage of Zoom to only emergency situations in personal computers.</li><li>The Australian Defence Force has banned the use of Zoom after a comedian Zoom bombed its meeting.</li><li>NASA has banned all its employees from using Zoom.</li><li>The United States Senate advised its members to use platforms other than Zoom.</li><li>Singapore banned schools from using Zoom after obscene images appeared on screen during a geography lesson.</li><li>New York City banned schools from using Zoom citing security concerns.</li></ul>In addition to Zoom, Standard Chartered also banned Google Hangouts for its employees.<br /><br /><strong>See also:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/researchers-found-and-bought-more-than-500000-zoom-passwords-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-cent-each/articleshow/75138495.cms">Researchers found and bought more than 500,000 Zoom passwords on the dark web for less than a cent each</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/article/zoom-bombing-has-become-a-popular-form-of-trolling-during-quarantine-in-many-cases-it-may-be-illegal-according-to-experts-/articleshow/75145869.cms">Zoom-bombing has become a popular form of trolling during quarantine. In many cases, it may be illegal, according to experts.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/zoom-is-giving-paid-users-more-control-over-where-their-calls-are-routed-after-it-got-slammed-for-mistakenly-using-data-centers-in-china/articleshow/75131042.cms">Zoom is giving paid users more control over where their calls are routed, after it got slammed for 'mistakenly' using data centers in China</a></strong><br />

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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5761b33552bcd05b008c9706-2400/mcdonalds.jpg" alt="mcdonalds-customers" data-link="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZEVGX09J" data-mce-caption="Customers placing orders at a McDonald's in a shopping mall." data-mce-source="Jacky Naegelen/Reuters"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZEVGX09J">Jacky Naegelen/Reuters</a></span></p><p class="caption">The fast food chain wants to revamp its brand.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Good morning. 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