Omegle, the anonymous video chat service founded in 2009, which saw a surge of popularity as people were isolated at home during the pandemic, has finally called it quits after 14 years. The closure ...

Omegle, the video and text chat site that paired strangers together to talk, ultimately shut down as part of a legal mediation with a female user who sued the company, claiming its defective and ...

Omegle, a popular website used to video chat with strangers, is shutting down after almost 15 years. The closure comes amid increasing criticism that the site endangered its users, with reports of ...

Popular live video chat website Omegle is shutting down after 14 years following user claims of abuse. The service, which randomly placed users in online chats with strangers, grew in popularity with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this month, Hidaya Saban and Alees Elshiek opened the video chat website Omegle for what they described as a social ...

Omegle, a well-known video and text chat service that connected random strangers online, has finally shut down nearly 14 years after it started. The service's popularity waned after multiple apps with ...

Omegle, a website that connected strangers for video chats, has shut down after a lawsuit accused it of facilitating child abuse. Founder Leif K-Brooks announced the closure Wednesday in a lengthy ...

Omegle, a random video chat site that began with the ideal of connecting strangers but one that's also long been accused of enabling sexual predators, has ceased operations, according to its founder, ...

LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the wake of Omegle’s sudden shutdown due to serious concerns around safety, security, and misuse, the online community has actively sought a reliable ...

Picture this. It’s 2009. You’ve just finished school and you’re headed to your friend's house because they have their own computer in their room which their parents don’t see. You sign on to a new ...

The founder of Omegle has shut down the anonymous chat website over safety concerns. Leif K-Brooks, who launched the site in 2009 at the age of 18, said Omegle had been “misused to commit unspeakably ...