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LiveLeak
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Type of site | Video sharing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 31 October 2006[1][2] |
| Dissolved | 5 May 2021[3] |
| Headquarters | London , United Kingdom[4] |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | None |
| Founder(s) | Various co-founders including Hayden Hewitt[2] |
| URL | www (redirects to www |
| Commercial | no |
| Current status | Defunct/Inactive |
LiveLeak was a British video sharing website headquartered in London. The site was founded on 31 October 2006, in part by the team behind the Ogrish.com shock site which closed on the same day.[2] LiveLeak aimed to freely host real footage of politics, war, and many other world events and to encourage and foster a culture of citizen journalism, although later being known to host gore and videos with extreme violence.[5][6][7]
It was eventually shut down on 5 May 2021, with the URL changed to redirect to ItemFix, another video sharing site.[3][8]
- ^ Roversi, Antonio (2008). Hate on the Net: Extremist Sites, Neo-fascism On-line, Electronic Jihad. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7546-7214-2. LCCN 2007034132. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
The website [Ogrish.com] was incorporated into LiveLeak.com on 31 October 2006
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Cookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Vincent, James (7 May 2021). "LiveLeak, the internet's font of gore and violence, has shut down". The Verge. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Company Overview of LiveLeak". Bloomberg. S&P Global Market Intelligence. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Hayden Hewitt, co-Founder of LiveLeak.com". The New Freedom. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ Crichton, Torcuil (13 January 2007). "Blair and Bush's latest weapon of war: YouTube". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
- ^ "LiveLeak's reign of gory terror is over after 15 years". Yahoo News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Yeo, Amanda (6 May 2021). "LiveLeak is finally dead after 15 years". Mashable. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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