LiveLeak was a British video sharing website headquartered in London. The site was founded on 31 October 2006,[6] in part by the team behind the Ogrish.com shock site which closed on the same day.[5] 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.[7][8] Hayden Hewitt of Manchester is the only public member of LiveLeak's founding team.[5]