Online roulette: the popular chat sites that are drawing in children and horrifying parents
by Tory Shepherd from Technology | The Guardian on (#6CN1Y)
As platforms such as Omegle and Roblox proliferate so do warnings about technology being weaponised to abuse children'. What can families do?
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In less than 30 seconds I saw a man clearly masturbating on camera," Kirra Pendergast says, describing a visit to the website Omegle.
Omegle is a type of video and chat roulette, with the tag line: Talk to strangers!" There's no need to register, or log in, and you don't need an app. Just go to the website, tick a box saying you're 18 or above and you're away - even if you're not 18.
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