The Jeffrey Toobin Zoom incident refers to an October 2020 scandal involving legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who was caught in a compromising position during a video call with colleagues from The New Yorker and WNYC. The incident quickly became a viral sensation, serving as the definitive cautionary tale for the remote-work era. Memes surrounding the event typically focus on the panic of realizing a webcam is active, the blurring of professional boundaries, and general digital etiquette blunders. It remains a popular template for mocking tech-related embarrassment and the specific anxieties of modern video conferencing.