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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 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

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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.
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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?!?

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      It had video for a reeeaally long time.

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

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          It started just text

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

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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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      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

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