(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Council meetings will remain available on ZOOM but with restrictions.

 

People wanting to take part in meetings must now request their own link to the ZOOM telecasts in advance. Previously, there was just one link for the general public to share.

 

The idea is to prevent hackers from introducing extremely X-rated material into the ZOOM meetings, something that’s been done at least twice now in recent months.

 

Councilman Randy Novak said the move is not to restrict, whatsoever, public access to meetings.

 

“This is just to tighten it up so we don’t have to deal with the shenanigans anymore. If you didn’t see it, you don’t want to see it again,” he said.

 

Officials said individual links will also make it easier to track down any future hackers.

 

Requests for links by the general public with plans to participate in a ZOOM meeting must be made through the La Porte County Auditor’s office as a result of action taken Monday night by the county council.