Before it shut down, Omegle paired a Manitoba sexual predator with an 11-year-old girl

The closure of Omegle, a video chat service that randomly connected strangers, came soon after the settlement of a U.S. civil suit accusing the platform of pairing an underage girl with a southwestern Manitoba man now convicted of sexually abusing her and other children.

Before it shut down, Omegle paired a Manitoba sexual predator with an 11-year-old girl
A screen capture of a man with a hairy chest on on a website called Omegle. He is seen in a video chat window and beside him is a text chat window.

The closure of Omegle, a video chat service that randomly connected strangers, came soon after the settlement of a U.S. civil suit accusing the platform of pairing an underage girl with a southwestern Manitoba man now convicted of sexually abusing her and other children.