NEW YORK (AP) — Omegle, a video chat service that connects users with strangers at random, is shutting down after 14 years following ample misuse of the platform — particularly the sexual abuse of ...

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A popular online chat site, Omegle, has shut down after 14 years follow a lawsuit in Oregon that claimed an 11-year-old girl was paired with an adult, who sexually abused her. “By failing to take ...

Omegle — the site that matched random strangers and served as entertainment for some Gen Z sleepovers, but also had a disturbing side — will shut down. When he launched Omegle as in 2009, then-18-year ...

After 14 years online, Omegle shut down as part of a settlement in a $22 million sex trafficking lawsuit. If anything was a surprise, it was that the anonymous, randomized chat site was still ...

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Omegle, a website that connected strangers for video chats, has shut down after a lawsuit accused it of facilitating child abuse. Founder Leif K-Brooks announced the closure Wednesday in a lengthy ...

Omegle’s unique selling point was its anonymity and lack of registration requirements The platform's popularity was boosted by social media mentions and viral videos on other platforms Omegle’s global ...

Earlier this month, Hidaya Saban and Alees Elshiek opened the video chat website Omegle for what they described as a social experiment. Omegle, which has been around for approximately a decade, allows ...

For years parents have encouraged their kids not to talk to strangers, but one website is now encouraging it. Developed in 2009, Omegle is a video-chatting website that can be accessed on the computer ...