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Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor (www.wired.com)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's not what this is about. Omegle wasn't following the regulations we already have, and therefore didn't get the benefits of protection the other sites do:

In the US, social platforms are often protected by Section 230, a broad act that shields them from liability for the content their users post. But the judge in A.M.’s case found last July that Omegle’s design was at fault and it was not protected by Section 230: It could have worked to prevent matches between minors and adults before sexual content was even sent, the judge said.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well, the hard part is determining if declared age was authentic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What was the declared age?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

OK that makes sense.