Omegle.com LLC convinced a federal court in New Jersey Friday that it doesn’t have jurisdiction over a lawsuit brought against the anonymous chatroom provider by the parents of an 11-year-old girl who alleges she was sexually exploited on the site.
A girl identified in court documents as C.H. was purportedly sexually exploited by an anonymous stranger on Omegle.com’s chat site, which randomly pairs users for online discussions. The site has warnings against sexual behavior and requires users to be at least 13. The child informed her parents after a user persuaded her to disrobe by threatening to hack her devices, ...
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