Deputy Principal 

Dear parents,

I thought I had covered all the apps in my newsletter article two weeks ago. Since then, I have come across a new and very disturbing video chat platform that I felt needed sharing. This is a recent post from Dr Michael Carr Gregg. 

Have you heard of Omoggle?

If you haven't, you need to. And if you have, we need to talk about it. 

Omoggle is a live video chat platform that matches strangers on webcam and uses AI to rate their faces. Users are scored on appearance and ranked against each other in a practice called "mogging." It's labelled 18+. That label means almost nothing. 

Here's what worries me most: it's not that teenagers will go looking for Omoggle. It's that they don't need to. It starts with a clip on TikTok. A term in a group chat. A joke that lands and gets repeated. And before long, the language of rating and ranking human faces feels completely ordinary. That's how normalisation works, quietly, incrementally, and then all at once. 

As a psychologist who has spent decades working with young people, I can tell you this is not a niche concern. The PSL scale and mogging culture are already seeping into how young people talk about themselves and each other. They are learning to sort human beings by appearance and to find entertainment in humiliation. That is not neutral. It shapes how they see their own worth and how they treat others. And let's not forget the facial scanning. Biometric data, harvested by a platform with no meaningful accountability. That data doesn't disappear. The 18+ label is not a safeguard. It is a liability shield. We need to stop asking only "how do we keep kids away from this?" and start asking "should platforms like this be allowed to exist at all?" 

If you're a parent, start with one question tonight: "Have you heard of Omoggle?" Then listen. And talk. A score should never define a person. Ever.

Dr Michael Carr Gregg

Child and Adolescent Psychologist