Hello there, welcome back. This is Emlex's weekly podcast covering the biggest stories in the world of regulation. I'm James Panicki from Emlex's Asiaific team. It's great to be with you again.

Now, in just over 10 minutes' time, we'll bring you a great antitrust yarn, and let me ask you this.

Why did the European Commission show up in a US courtroom recently?

It's one of those tail-wagging-the-dog stories.

It's also an illustration of the perils of a lawsuit

that's got ahead of the very antitrust enforcement that sparked it. First up, though, if you

weren't already familiar with the platform, the COVID-19 pandemic may have introduced you to

Zoom, the conferencing software that has taken off over recent years.

Zoom has agreed to an 85 million US dollar settlement to compensate those who were affected

by meeting disruptions by attackers posting offensive material. It's an unusual development,

but one that Zoom appears ready to accept.

Amy Miller is our senior correspondent covering antitrust and privacy issues from San Francisco,

and she joins me now.

So, Amy, let's start from the very beginning here.

Why was Zoom in legal trouble in the first place?

Well, long story short, it was Zoom bombings. So-called Zoom

bombings got the attention of lawmakers in the early days of the pandemic when everyone was using

Zoom to work from home. And basically, internet trolls were exploiting a screen sharing feature on Zoom

to hijacked meetings and post some really offensive comments and content.

And then regulators got into the game. They started asking questions, trying to find out what was

going on. And users began filing lawsuits to against Zoom in March 2020. And they were describing

a litany of dystopian horror stories know, horror stories about racist postings and other

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