It was founded on 31 october 2006, in part by the team behind ogrish.com, a shock site that closed on the same day 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. Infamous video sharing website liveleak is dead, shutting down on wednesday after 15 years of nightmare fuel and trauma
A Killing Hidden by the Light - The New York Times
Sorry if you wanted to see a brutal murder for some reason.
Hayden hewitt reflects on 15 years of shock and awe.
Liveleak is gone, replaced by a site that explicitly bans gory and violent imagery To the members, the uploaders, the casual visitors, the trolls and the occasionally demented people who have. 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
