Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor
Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor
Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down.
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That's nuts! I thought that Omegle was text only. I had no idea that they paired you with people on video. WTF thought that was a good idea?!?
29 34 ReplyIt had video for a reeeaally long time.
39 0 ReplyI may be misremembering but I feel like it always had video.
12 0 ReplyIt started just text
8 0 ReplyFair enough. Maybe it had video by the time I discovered it or my memory is just failing me.
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Idk why this is being downvoted
-1 it's his/er right not to know
-2 "WTF thought that was a good idea?!?" Its a perfectly valid question
8 2 ReplyI frequent Omegle too when it was text only, like more than a decade ago. Had a good time and didn't see a single dick.
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