LiveLeak
Type of site | Video sharing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 31 October 2006 |
| Dissolved | 5 May 2021 |
| Headquarters | London , United Kingdom |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Various co-founders including Hayden Hewitt |
| URL | liveleak (redirects to itemfix |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Inactive (defunct) |
LiveLeak was a British video sharing website headquartered in London. It was founded on 31 October 2006, in part by the team behind Ogrish.com, a shock site that closed on the same day. 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 to host videos with gore and extreme violence.
It shut down on 5 May 2021, and the URL was changed to redirect to ItemFix, another video sharing site.