Voice Chat App Zello Turned a Blind Eye to Jihadis for Years
Voice Chat App Zello Turned a Blind Eye to Jihadis for Years
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 19, 201814m 40s
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Show Notes
In the early morning of September 9, 2016, Bill Moore, CEO of the Austin-based walkie-talkie app company Zello, contacted the Middle East Media Research Institute. He was seeking a copy of a report MEMRI had recently published describing how ISIS members and supporters were using Zello, which allows people to send voice messages to each other in private and also public channels. Moore had learned about the findings through a Google Alert.
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