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'Video-roulette' platform OmeTV targeted by Australia's online-safety regulator

( August 25, 2025, 05:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OmeTV, the video-roulette chat app that matches strangers, including adults and children, has become the first tech service targeted by enforcement action under Australia’s Industry Codes and Standards. In a statement, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner said the app’s parent company, Bad Kitty’s Dad, had received a formal warning from the online-safety regulator for alleged breaches of the Relevant Electronic Services industry standard. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has also written to Apple and Google, which have both been hosting the OmeTV app on their app stores, to notify them of the enforcement action and to remind them of their own obligations under the App Store Code.The full statement from eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant follows: ...

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