A Look At The Darker Side of Omegle
The Takeaway
English - January 21, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★ - 708 ratingsDaily News News Politics news politics radio national takeaway wnyc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Omegle is an online platform where strangers from across the world are paired together for video and text chats.
In March of 2022, The United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched a special cyber investigation into the platform and found that many adult men use the site as a space for sexual activity. The site, which collects no identifying information from its users, is grappling with allegations of enabling child predation.
Freelance journalist David Alm reported on Omegle for Mother Jones and joined The Takeaway to discuss his findings.
Omegle is an online platform where strangers from across the world are paired together for video and text chats.
In March of 2022, The United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched a special cyber investigation into the platform and found that many adult men use the site as a space for sexual activity. The site, which collects no identifying information from its users, is grappling with allegations of enabling child predation.
Freelance journalist David Alm reported on Omegle for Mother Jones and joined The Takeaway to discuss his findings.