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BBC: The woman who successfully sued the website that matched her with a paedophile explains how she forced the site to close down. 'Alice', or A.M. as she was known in court says she feels "vindic... (www.bbc.co.uk)

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BBC: The woman who successfully sued the website that matched her with a paedophile explains how she forced the site to close down. 'Alice', or A.M. as she was known in court says she feels "vindic...::"Alice" speaks exclusively to the BBC after her successful lawsuit against Omegle forced it offline.

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[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I miss when Omegle was just text based. I made a friend from Czechia on there back in 2011.

Opening up video chats was asking for this to happen.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In retrospective, it feels unreal that the site made it this far into 2023

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

ChatRoulette is still around, which is nuts. That place was a cesspit 10 years ago, can't imagine now.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

Hello from Czechia.