well-known website for live video chat After 14 years, Omegle is closing due to abuse claims made by users.

During the Covid pandemic, the service, which matched users at random in online chats, gained popularity among kids and teenagers.

However, over 50 cases involving paedophiles have referenced the website in the past few years.

According to the website’s founder, Leif Brooks, running it was “no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically”.

“There can be no honest accounting of Omegle without acknowledging that some people misused it, including to commit unspeakably heinous crimes,” he stated.

“As much as I would like things were different, the stress and cost of this battle, along with the stress and cost of running Omegle and combating its