Omegle closes down after multiple lawsuits from abused minors

Omegle, that controversial video chat with a random person site, has been sued out of existence after 14 years on the internet. 404 Media is reporting that two lawsuits hit Omegele claiming the site is responsible for hooking up minors with adults who groomed them to do sex stuff - this BBC article has info on the abuse that took place. Normally good ol' Section 230 would protect Omegle, but a judge decided that's not the case here, so the founder of Omegle, Leif K-Brooks, shut the site down. In a letter posted to Omegle's website, K-Brooks doesn't mention these cases explicitly as to why they ceased operations, but explain how the internet has changed lately and that Omegle tried its best to protect users and co-operate with law enforcement, but the only way to "please these people is to stop offering the service". K-Brooks gives an analogy of "shutting down Central Park because crime occurs there" and that a "healthy, free society cannot endure when we are collectively afraid of each other to this extent".