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The meeting, hosted by Five Star Movement Senator, Maria Laura Mantovani, appeared to be running smoothly for the first half hour, Italian wire service ANSA reported. But when it came time to introduce Parisi, the call, which included both live and remote participants, was hijacked by someone sharing their screen while playing the unofficial FFVII porn.
While it’s been edited out of the official VOD for the event, a clip of the harrowing Zoom fail remains and has been circulating online.
At first Mantovani keeps speaking, apparently unaware of what’s going on. Then a man shouts something in Italian about a “sex offender.” Mantovani sighs loudly, and works with her assistant to try and kill the shared feed which ends up taking forever. Somehow it takes even longer to kill the audio feed. Finally, Mantovani gets the Zoom call back on track and Parisi begins giving his prepared remarks like what’s sure to be one of the weirdest moments in all of 2022 didn’t just happen.
In addition to Facebook, the FFVII porn was also apparently broadcast live via Senato TV, Italy’s equivalent of C-SPAN. Some present reportedly blamed hackers for the sabotage, though it’s unclear just yet what exactly transpired and who the perpetrators were.