A staff writer for the New Yorker has been suspended by the US publication after reports he accidentally exposed himself during a work Zoom call.
Jeffrey Toobin, who is Jewish, told Vice, which first reported the incident, that he did not realise he had been visible during a video call between colleagues and WNYC radio last week.
According to Vice, Mr Toobin appeared to be on a different Zoom call but was seen “masturbating” moments later on camera.
He said that he had “made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologise to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.”
