May 7, 2021 11:22 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/7/22424356/liveleak-shock-site-shuts-down-itemfix
LiveLeak, the internets font of gore and violence, has shut down
Video site LiveLeak, best known for hosting gruesome footage that mainstream rivals wouldn’t touch, has shut down after fifteen years in operation. In its place is “ItemFix,” a site that bans users from uploading media containing “excessive violence or gory content.”
In a blog post, LiveLeak founder Hayden Hewitt did not give an explicit reason for the site’s closure, saying only that: “The world has changed a lot over these last few years, the Internet alongside it, and we as people.” In a video posted on his YouTube channel Trigger Warning, Hewitt offered no further details, but said that maintaining LiveLeak had become a struggle, and that he and his team “just didn’t have it in us to carry on fighting.”
“Everything’s different now,...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/7/22424356/liveleak-shock-site-shuts-down-itemfix
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