LiveLeak

LiveLeak
Type of site
Video sharing
Founded31 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-31)[1][2]
Dissolved5 May 2021; 3 years ago (2021-05-05)[3]
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom[4]
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerNone
Founder(s)Various co-founders including Hayden Hewitt[2]
URLwww.liveleak.com
(redirects to www.itemfix.com)
Commercialno
Current statusDefunct/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.[5][6]

It was shut down on 5 May 2021. The URL was changed to redirect to ItemFix, another video sharing site.[3][7]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Cook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Company Overview of LiveLeak". Bloomberg. S&P Global Market Intelligence. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Yeo, Amanda (6 May 2021). "LiveLeak is finally dead after 15 years". Mashable. Retrieved 20 April 2022.