Ogrish

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About

Ogrish^[1] was an uncensored news site that focused mainly on war zones, accidents and executions. Initially containing material that was graphic and gory, the site later received a redesign that aimed to be more widely popular, eventually becoming a respected alternative news source.

History

The domain name Ogrish.com was registered on June 18, 2000^[2], and has been known for publishing graphic content without consent of the family members of the victims depicted. Examples include graphic videos depicting jumpers of the September 11th, 2001 Attacks and the execution of South Korean missionary and interpreter Kim Sun-il for which the site became the target of hackers.^[3] In 2005 German watchdog group Jugendschutz.net made a request to a branch of the American internet service provider Level 3 that Ogrish's IP address be blocked. Several other ISP's connect through Level 3 and as such the block affected multiple Countries such as France, Poland, The Neterlands, Switzerland and Italy^[4]. As of November 2006, the domain name Ogrish.com redirects to Liveleak, a United Kingdom-based video sharing website.

Features

Orgish's picture section contained photographs in various categories such as murders, suicides, and hentai^[5]. A contact forum contained a list of email addresses that could be used to contact the owners of the site^[6]. A "Gore Links" section contained links to websites in the vein of Ogrish (i.e. websites containing uncensored and gory content)^[7]. There was also a message board with sub-boards containing topics of discussion like submitting suggestions for the site and links to interesting websites^[8].