joe tidy, bbc news. let�*s get more on this now with our cyber reporter, joe tidy.21. this is the third time i have covered the website now. there is one change. people who are in the legal circles and child protection agencies say it�*s not a very big change but it is a change that came within weeks of alice filing her lawsuit. already, regardless of whether the lawsuit is successful there is a small victory there. the only change now is if you going to the website it says tick this box to prove you are over 18. a lot of people would say that�*s not much of a protection or shield in terms of age verification when you have other systems that could be in place. but no, not much has changed and it doesn�*t have to do because there are no laws that say these are there are no laws that say these are the things you have to do to protect children. ~ , ., �* ., , , children. why don't companies put more protections _ children. why don't companies put more protections in? _ children. why don't companies put more protections in? it— children. why don't companies put more pro

and joe tidy has been to meet an american woman, who we are calling alice, who was groomed on a platformrates around the globe. i was reallyjust like any other child. i was always an a student. everything on my marks from teachers was always about how i was so sociable and a pleasure to have in class. i think i lived a relatively normal, happy childhood. omegle is a free website linking up people at random for video chats around the world. it's been a popular site for over a decade but exploded in popularity during the pandemic. 73 million people, mostly teenagers, log on a month, and the site is notorious for being a wild place. but alice had no idea it was also a dangerous place when she logged on at the age of ii. he had ill intentions, evil intentions. i was consistently being forced to do things that a child should not have to do. police found her abuser, 37—year—old ryan fordyce, hundreds of miles away in canada. i'm constable pam klassen. i'm a 19—year member of the brandon police service. i located an ip address out of brandon that was sharing these child sexual abuse materials,

and joe tidy has been to meet an american woman, who we are calling alice, who was groomed on a platformrs and operates around the globe. i was reallyjust like any other child. i was always an a student. everything on my marks from teachers was always about how i was so sociable and a pleasure to have in class. i think i lived a relatively normal, happy childhood. omegle is a free website linking up people at random for video chats around the world. it's been a popular site for over a decade but exploded in popularity during the pandemic. 73 million people, mostly teenagers, log on a month, and the site is notorious for being a wild place. but alice had no idea it was also a dangerous place when she logged on at the age of ii. he had ill intentions, evil intentions. i was consistently being forced to do things that a child should not have to do. police found her abuser, 37—year—old ryan fordyce, hundreds of miles away in canada. i'm constable pam klassen. i'm a 19—year member of the brandon police service. i located an ip address out of brandon that was sharing these child sexual abuse m

and joe tidy has been to meet an american woman, who we are calling alice, who was groomed on a platformrs and operates around the globe. i was reallyjust like any other child. i was always an a student. everything on my marks from teachers was always about how i was so sociable and a pleasure to have in class. i think i lived a relatively normal, happy childhood. 0megle is a free website linking up people at random for video chats around the world. it's been a popular site for over a decade but exploded in popularity during the pandemic. 73 million people, mostly teenagers, log on a month, and the site is notorious for being a wild place. but alice had no idea it was also a dangerous place when she logged on at the age of 11. he had ill intentions, evil intentions. i was consistently being forced to do things that a child should not have to do. police found her abuser, 37—year—old ryan fordyce, hundreds of miles away in canada. i'm constable pam klassen. i'm a 19—year member of the brandon police service. i located an ip address out of brandon that was sharing these child sexual abuse m

and joe tidy has been to meet an american woman, who we are calling alice, who was groomed on a platformates around the globe. i was reallyjust like any other child. i was always an a—student. everything on my marks from teachers was always about how i was so sociable and a pleasure to have in class. i think i lived a relatively normal, happy childhood. omegle is a free website linking up people at random for video chats around the world. it's been a popular site for over a decade, but exploded in popularity during the pandemic. 7s million people, mostly teenagers, log on a month, and the site is notorious for being a wild place. but alice had no idea it was also a dangerous place when she logged on at the age of ii. he had ill intentions, evil intentions. i was consistently being forced to do things that a child should not have to do. police found her abuser, s7—year—old ryan fordyce, hundreds of miles away in canada. i'm constable pam klassen. i'm a 19—year member of the brandon police service. i located an ip address out of brandon that was sharing these child sexual abuse materials,

the bbc�*s cyber correspondent, joe tidy, reports. it could pave the way for more litigation against social networks around the world. we are holding them liable for their own product operations. as soon as the platform realised this was how it was being used, then it had the duty to innovate. would you say to people who think that it is up to parents to stop their children going on websites like this? i would say they are wrong. i would say that there is absolutely no way that anybody can _ account for their child'sj use of technology 24/7. leif brooks launched 0megle in 2009 when he wasjust 14. he has always declined our interview requests, so we travelled to florida to leif brooks launched 0megle in 2009 when he wasjust 18. he has always declined our interview requests, so we travelled to florida to track this reclusive tech boss down. mr brooks! can we ask you some questions, please? from the bbc. door slams. mr brooks, we just want to ask you some questions! we want to know why you are not protecting children, mr brooks! we tried