It was founded on 31 october 2006, in part by the team behind ogrish.com, a shock site that closed on the same day The site was infamous for hosting explicit and violent content, including executions. [2] liveleak aimed to freely host real footage of politics, war and many other world events and to encourage citizen journalism, although it later became known for hosting videos with gore and extreme violence.
LiveLeak is finally dead after 15 years | Mashable
Infamous video sharing website liveleak is dead, shutting down on wednesday after 15 years of nightmare fuel and trauma
Sorry if you wanted to see a brutal murder for some reason
What's going on with liveleak Liveleak, the website best known for allowing users to upload videos of violence and gore, is no more Founder hayden hewitt posted an impassioned letter about the site going dark on his new site. Without liveleak, other websites will pop up to take its place, and there is little doubt that liveleak's users will flood to the next similar offering
In place of liveleak, hewitt is launching a new video streaming site called itemfix that will ban excessive violence or gory content, seeking a move away from disturbing and disgusting content. Liveleak has been a mainstay of internet culture for many years, its name synonymous with footage of murder, terrorism, and everyday incidents of crime and violence. The british video sharing website liveleak has been closed down after 15 years of existence The founder hayden hewit announced the site's closure on twitter and revealed a new project.
