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The owner is currently being sued by a woman who used the site as a minor and was matched with a pedophile who convinced her to make and send CSAM. This isn't t
by kmeisthax 3y ago
The owner is currently being sued by a woman who used the site as a minor and was matched with a pedophile who convinced her to make and send CSAM. This isn't the usual kind of "CSAM intermediary liablility" lawsuit; the plaintiff is actually making an ordinary product liability claim. i.e. Omegle has no safety bars to keep kids from using the service ergo they are liable for me being abused by an adult.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791
- zug_zug 3y agoThat seems nuts to me. It's just a generic venue for people meeting people, like a cafe that happens to be online. To me that makes as much sense as suing a cafe because you met somebody there who talked you into illegal activities.
- op00to 3y agoNo cafe would allow an adult to sexually groom a child while sitting at a table.
- gosub100 3y agoNo parent would allow their child to communicate with a groomer.
- cosmojg 3y agoWell, her parents clearly did.
- zug_zug 3y agoYes, 90% of cafes would, because just like Omegle, it's not their job or ability to monitor every single interaction between every single person and identify whether a conversation is appropriate. Crimes happen on all technologies and in all venues, and they likely always will.
- fer 3y agoNo grooming happened on Omegle, she just shared her personal info there and kept in touch off the platform.
- nullc 3y agoBy their own case the explicit activity didn't even take place on omegle. The perv met the kid and went elsewhere. Of course that wouldn't be prevented in a cafe.
- goydefense 3y agoThe decentralized cryptonet can't come fast enough!
- oynqr 3y agoSo they sue the platform that got them to meet, but not the one that allowed CSAM to be exchanged?
- s1artibartfast 3y agocorrect, like suing the city because you met a podophile in the city park