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@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor

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Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor

www.wired.com

@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down.
  • @seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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    -5•2 years ago

    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?!?

    • rigatti
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      39•2 years ago

      It had video for a reeeaally long time.

      • @ubermeisters@lemmy.world
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        16•2 years ago

        And that video was full of naked men masturbating, and curious kids, for just as long. It’s needed to be dealt with for waaaaaayyyyyy too long now.

      • @ShunkW@lemmy.world
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        12•2 years ago

        I may be misremembering but I feel like it always had video.

        • @chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
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          8•2 years ago

          It started just text

          • @ShunkW@lemmy.world
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            2•2 years ago

            Fair enough. Maybe it had video by the time I discovered it or my memory is just failing me.

    • @Siegfried@lemmy.world
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      6•2 years ago

      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

    • @redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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      6•2 years ago

      I 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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