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I was thinking along the similar lines. Omegle should have shut down because it's entire concept is obviously functionally useless to any purpose that isn't abuse.
I'm almost certain the word Forced is the wrong word there. Convinced, coerced, conned, tricked, scammed? Blackmailed maybe? Hell, even hoodwinked or bamboozled. But by definition nobody on a video chat can force anyone to do anything. They aren't physically in the room to do any forcing.
Even the title! Omegle wasn't Forced to shut down. They negotiated and agreed to it as part of the settlement.
This kind of intensifying language is manipulative, and it always irks me.
EDIT: What she experienced was terrible enough. It might even be worse than if she was forced. Because if forced, then she clearly would have no choice in it. But because she couldn't be forced, I'd imagine she also feels some kind of misplaced guilt about it. And while I can't relate to most of what she went through, I know how horrible it is, trying not to blame yourself for things that weren't your fault, but feel like it.
Yikes
gee whiz, reddit
Yoinks scoob.