Omegle shut down: Video chat website closed after abuse claims
Popular live video chat website Omegle is shutting down after 14 years following user claims of abuse.
The service, which randomly placed users in online chats with strangers, grew in popularity with children and young people during the Covid pandemic.
But the site has been mentioned in more than 50 cases against paedophiles in the last couple of years.
Founder Leif Brooks said that operating the website was "no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically".
Source and more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67364634
Popular live video chat website Omegle is shutting down after 14 years following user claims of abuse.
The service, which randomly placed users in online chats with strangers, grew in popularity with children and young people during the Covid pandemic.
But the site has been mentioned in more than 50 cases against paedophiles in the last couple of years.
Founder Leif Brooks said that operating the website was "no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically".
Source and more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67364634