The founder of popular live video chat website Omegle announced its closure after fourteen years and amid complaints of abuse by users.

Leif Brook noted that he could no longer support the site both financially and psychologically, and acknowledged that the portal was being used inappropriately, “including to commit heinous and heinous crimes.”

The site’s popularity increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and consisted of randomly placing one user with another in a chat room.

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“Honestly, I don’t want to have a heart attack in my 30s,” he added, posting an image with a gravestone and the date it worked.

Brooks’ idea in 2009 was for people to get to know each other until they find a platonic ideal, and one of the “benefits” was that users were anonymous to each other.

According to the BBC, the portal had 73 million visitors per month, based on an analysis by Semrush.

The platform has been criticized for using it to facilitate contact between minors and adults. A week ago, she settled a lawsuit accusing her of associating a minor under the age of 11 with a sexual predator.

There are said to be another fifty cases against pedophiles in the past two years in which the platform is mentioned. (JO)