What is Omegle App: Why was this app closed after 14 year

While using social media or surfing the internet, you may have heard or seen about a new platform. The name of this platform is Omegle. You can especially see its videos in Instagram reels. This is a platform which has suddenly become famous all over the world, but this platform has become most famous in our country India. Let us give you information through today's page about what Omegle is and why people use Omegle.

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What is omegle app

Omegle is a free online chatting website. Through this website, you can chat with unknown or known people of the world without registering your account. This website provides the service of chatting with unknown people. Through this, you can chat with any man or woman or girl or boy or child, young or old woman living in any country of the world.

Founder of Omegle App

Omegle app was started by Leif K-Brooks in 2009. When he started this website, he was only 18 years old.

Omegle Free Video Call Live

This website also gives the option of making live video calls. Apart from video chat, voice chat facility is also available here.

Omegle Official Link

There is a link to the Omegle app or website . You can get information about it by going here.

Omegle users

Like most social media websites, this platform can be used by children or people of 13 years of age or older with parental permission, and without parental permission, the user must be 18 years of age or older.

How does Omegle work?

Through this platform, unknown people are linked and moderated for online video and text chatting, that is to say, here the user can chat with any person. In our country itself, the number of people using this platform has crossed 30 lakhs.

Features of Omegle

The features of the Omegle platform are as follows.

• This platform allows users to connect with strangers without sharing their personal information.
• This platform arranges chatting with unknown people, in which You is written below your profile and Stranger is written below the profile of the other person.
• Omegle also offers the option of video chat which is for adults.
• There is no need to create an account to use the platform. You can use Omegle without creating an account.
• You do not need to give your personal information here.
• Here you get the option to search people according to age, gender and location.
• Whatever interest you have on this platform, you will see profiles of unknown people accordingly.

Omegle related controversy

Some of the controversies related to Omegle are as follows.

• In 2014, a 22-year-old man befriended a 13-year-old girl on Omegle and arranged a private meeting with her. Where a 22 year old man committed obscenity with the girl.
• In 2017, a virtual assistant prompted two underage girls to engage in obscene talk, which was later used to threaten the girls.

Disadvantages of omegle

There is a disclaimer on the website that children below 18 years of age cannot use this platform, but despite this, there is no cross check regarding age verification on this website. This is the reason why even children below 18 years of age are visiting websites and chatting with unknown people and the other person is luring them into his/her words and harming them in many ways. Such as physical or economic or social. This is why if your child is using this platform then you need to see what your child is doing on the platform.

Is omegle safe

Answering the above question is not so easy, because every person has different experiences here. According to the information, a person said that while chatting with an unknown girl here, he became good friends with the girl. And they talked well for about 2 to 3 months and both of them came very close and one day suddenly the girl made some emotional excuse and demanded the boy to send ₹ 5000. And said that she would return the money in 4 to 5 days and the boy gave her the money, but after that the girl blocked him. In another case, the love story of many boys started by talking on this platform. And many people took online dating forward and met them offline and today are living a married life. In this way, you will know whether Omegle is safe or not only when you use the platform.

Omegle App is now Shutting Down (Latest News)

Omegle app has been discontinued after 14 years. Yes, the founder of this app, Leif K-Brooks, has officially informed today that it has been closed after 14 years. Now people using this platform will not be able to chat on it. Leaf's reason for closing it down is that it is no longer sustainable both economically and psychologically. He said that they now want to be free from the stress of operating it and fighting its misuse. So now they are closing it. He also thanked all his users.

How to download omegle app

Want to mention here that Omegle application was launched in 2009 itself, it works on almost all platforms. However it has now been discontinued so you cannot download it. However, you can know about it by opening the Omegle website in your browser itself.

How to stay safe on omegle

To stay safe on this platform, you have to be alert and follow some general security tips. For example, you do not have to share personal information like your name, address or phone number with any online user, nor do you have to give bank details. Apart from this, if any kind of inappropriate behavior happens on your account, then you have to report it immediately. If you don't feel comfortable chatting with someone online, you can block them.

Omegle app warning

• Talking to strangers online in any way can be dangerous for you.
• You have to keep in mind that it is not necessary that every girl comes to this platform only for date or dirty talk.
• If you have planned to meet somewhere offline after chatting on the platform, then meet at a public place only. Like in a mall or next to the road or in a big restaurant.
• If someone is harassing you by sending messages on the platform, then you have to block him.
• Girls under 18 years of age should not ask you to meet them offline because they are minors.