Zoom has temporarily disabled the integration of GIF platform Giphy in its chat feature so if you’ve been using GIFs to chat with others during Zoom meetings, you might notice that functionality has disappeared.
Zoom has temporarily disabled its integration of the GIF platform Giphy in its chat feature. In a blog post announcing the move, it said “To ensure strong privacy protection for users, we’ve temporarily removed the Giphy integration in Zoom Chat. Once additional technical and security measures have been deployed, we will re-enable the feature.”
Zoom mentioned the change as part of its latest list of security updates to the platform, which also includes limits on screen sharing, changes to muting and unmuting functions, and restrictions on logging in to meetings from multiple devices (for meetings that require registration).
The move comes a few days after Facebook acquired Giphy for over $300 million, with plans to integrate it into Instagram. How that acquisition will affect Giphy integrations with other platforms like Twitter, TikTok, and iMessage all competitors to Facebook remains unclear, but Facebook has had well-documented issues with privacy and security.
