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MOHAMMED AND TYLER MEARS FIND OUT...

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having disabled children, as another user tells him: “Your kids are disabled because they’re going to hell, there’s no question about it.”

Other users erupt into laughter.

Most chat rooms on Paltalk have moderators or “admin” members. They are distinguis­hed by little red hat icons next to their names.

According to the company, administra­tors should help to control the room, direct the topic of conversati­on and control who gets to speak to the room in the microphone next.

But it appears the admin members of this chat group are more interested in joining in on the insults rather than regulating them.

The admins also spend hours on the site.

“I’m logging off now I’ve been on here for 10 hours, someone else will take over now,” one admin tells the group.

You can see snippets from other insult forums, by watching screen-recorded videos which have been uploaded to YouTube.

Some videos show people laughing, dancing, lifting weights and taking selfies.

But, others show something a bit more sinister, as people engage in sexual activities, do drugs and hurl abuse.

One video, which was uploaded with the caption “insults, cursing, verbal fighting and some racist sayings”, shows some users threatenin­g to physically harm and even kill other members.

The footage – which shows three people on webcam and a number of others on the typed chat room section – sees one user telling the others: “I will take you and I will slit your throat from ear to ear and then hang you by your feet.”

Paltalk guidelines states: “If someone is being severely offensive or disruptive, you have the power to remove them from the room.”

But it seems many users enjoy the sessions, logging in for hours at a time.

During our time in the Paltalk chatrooms, not one user was removed (or bounced) from the group – despite the torrent of abuse some members received.

None of the comments – even those with a racist or sexual nature – were met with shock or upset.

In fact, most people seemed to laugh and agree.

The Verbal Abuse Insults chat room is just one of thousands of forums aimed at trolling people online.

A politics group which we joined contained users discussing Brexit and shouting abuse at Theresa May. An ongoing debate sees no one accept any opinions, but shout over each other.

Paltalk has an even darker side and has been accused of allowing ISIS fanatics to use the chat rooms.

In 2013, it was revealed that America’s National Security Administra­tion had put Paltalk under surveillan­ce alongside Facebook, AOL and Skype.

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