Fitna was taken down for 48 hours as personal threats against Hewitt, the only public representative of the site, peaked. LiveLeak was again in the spotlight in March, 2008, when it was hosting the anti- Quran film Fitna made by Dutch politician Geert Wilders. When Panorama queried the "extremely violent videos" that were posted to LiveLeak's website, co-founder Hayden Hewitt refused to take them all down, stating: "Look, all this is happening, this is real life, and this is going on, and we're going to have to show it." ![]() On 30 July 2007, the BBC programme Panorama broadcast a show on how street violence between children as young as 11 was being posted on websites including LiveLeak. This, among others, earned the site a mention from White House Press Secretary Tony Snow as the likely place to see updates or stories from active American soldiers. LiveLeak first came to prominence in 2007 following the filming and leaking of the execution of Saddam Hussein. ![]() Cockpit video of a Hellfire missile being fired at targets in Afghanistan
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