Along with, it was part of an early generation of 'shock' sites, the sort of places you'd go to see if you could stomach the human carnage of a car accident. Approximately 200 people watched the mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand live on Facebook and none of them reported it, the social New Zealand internet service providers have reportedly started blocking sites that do not remove the video, including 8chan, 4chan and LiveLeak. LiveLeak was co-founded by the folks behind Ogrish, which also centered on displaying horrific imagery. But it could just be that the initial concept for the site has run its course. Without more detail, it's tough to pinpoint the exact reasoning for LiveLeak's demise. 'The world has changed a lot over these last few years, the Internet alongside it, and we as people.' Philip Arps, 44, was arrested in Christchurch four days after alleged gunman Brenton Tarrants March 15 rampage at two mosques in the South Island city resulted. You see him aim the gun at the door and start shooting a person. 'We felt LiveLeak had achieved all that it could and it was time for us to try something new and exciting,' co-founder Hayden Hewitt wrote in a blog post. Horrific videos like the one posted by the Christchurch mosque shooting suspect Brenton Tarrant are geared to appeal to the morbidly curious, and appeal it did. The extremely disturbing Facebook live video, shows Tarrant walking toward the mosque through a gate and then up to the front door. New Zealand shooting: Man charged with murder after 49 killed in mosque attacks One of the gunmen was described as wearing a military-style jacket and carrying an automatic weapon, thought to be Subscribe to LiveLeak Channel for more videos: Coming in hot Subscribe to LiveLeak Channel for more videos: LiveLeak - Brutal head on New Zealand.

As The Verge reports, LiveLeak has been replaced with the far less racy ItemFix, a video sharing site that explicitly bans uploading gory or violent content. In 2019, New Zealand blocked access to the site for hosting video of the Christchurch mass shooting. It featured everything from local crimes to terrorist propaganda, like the ISIS beheading of journalist James Foley.

The site could be best described as YouTube's evil (and less popular) twin, the place where you'd go to find uncensored footage of humanity at its worst. LiveLeak, once the purveyor of horribly violent videos, was unceremoniously shut down this Wednesday.

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