Bestgore.com

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Bestgore
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operator Mark Marek
On-line April 30, 2008 (currently online)
h ** ps: //BestGore.com/

Bestgore is a privately operated website on which images and video recordings of injured, dying or dead people and animals are published with the self-declared aim of showing the truth .

The website, operated by Canadian Mark Marek of Slovak origin, sees itself as a disclosure platform that primarily relies on the right to information and the freedom of recipients as well as freedom of expression and the press when publishing the content . Bestgore also takes offense at the self-censorship , on the other hand warns the visitors about the content on the main page, but at the same time refers to the real life from which those recordings originate. Before entering the sub-pages in which the material is published, visitors to the site must confirm that they are of legal age . However, the actual age is not checked.

The content shown on the website was mainly recorded during and / or after accidents , fighting , suicides , torture and killings . Bestgore.com, behind which, in addition to the operator, are an unknown number of employees who are anonymous to one another, because they dial in via the Tor network to edit the website, the recordings are shared among others by registered Bestgore users.

More information about the website and its operator

Video by Luka Magnotta - investigation and conviction for profanity

In June 2012, it was reported that the Ville de Montréal Police Department was investigating Mark Marek after his website posted a video made by Luka Magnotta . He removed the video that same month; According to his own statement, without having received a request to do so.

In July 2013 Marek was from the Canadian judiciary for obscenity 163 of the section based on the Canadian Criminal Code indicted. Marek was released on bail but was arrested again on July 26 for alleged bail violations. In January 2016, he pleaded guilty and became a three-month house arrest and three months' profit Free working condemned.

Homage to Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

In April 2013, the operator of Bestgore created a subpage in which he paid homage to Adolf Hitler and denied the Holocaust with the argumentation of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ( world Jewry ) . There is a comment function for registered users for the articles uploaded on the website. There, too, repeated racist and anti-Semitic statements were made.

Defense of the operation of the website

In an interview with The Verge in November 2013, operator Mark Marek defended the publication of the content. He referred to a decapitation video which he said had been used as propaganda by Syrian rebels during the Syrian civil war to claim that supporters of President Bashal al-Assad were behind the video; However, Bestgore would have known the actual (Mexican) background of the video instead of the mass media. He named other videos whose true origins had been obscured for use as post-processed propanda material; In contrast to the press, Bestgore would have recognized the attempt at deception. He also referred to reader comments claiming that viewing the content contributed to behavior change. On the one hand, there were comments claiming that their visit to Bestgore had resulted in them trying to avoid speeding and risky motorcycle maneuvers; on the other hand, visitors would have commented on having distanced themselves from a contemplated suicide after visiting the site. Marek stated that the deterrent potential of disturbing images was also recognized by governments, as they stipulate such images as warnings on cigarette packets .

Provider, requests

The website's internet service provider is CloudFlare . According to Cloudflare, Bestgore.com was visited by a total of 2,894,535 IP addresses in April 2020, which made a total of 1.2 billion page queries on Bestgore.com that month. Of these, 501 million page views came from the United States , 85 million page views from the UK , 51 million page views from Germany , 48 million page views from France and 44 million page views from Canada .

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Six Years of Best Motherfucking Gore . BestGore.com. April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d The people behind BestGore, the most terrifying website. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Human Rights Violations in Canada - Best Gore. January 25, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Edmonton gore site owner charged in Magnotta video investigation released on bail . In: Global News . July 18, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ Brianna Snyder: Why I Can't Stop Watching Horrifying ISIS Decapitation Videos . In: Wired . February 12, 2015, ISSN  1059-1028 ( wired.com [accessed July 28, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Contact Best Gore - Best Gore. Retrieved July 28, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Best Gore website investigated over Magnotta video. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Toronto SUN, News, Canada, Share Charges pending on Bestgore com webmaster Tumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedIn Email, Tumblr: Charges pending on Bestgore.com webmaster | Toronto Sun. June 5, 2012, accessed July 27, 2020 (Canadian English).
  9. ↑ Gore site owner says he hasn't heard from police about dismemberment video - 680 NEWS. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Tobi Cohen: Leaving murder video online is a crime: lawyer , National Post. 5th June 2012. 
  11. ↑ Dave Lazzarino: Bestgore.com operator back in custody after allegedly breaking bail conditions . July 26, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Adrianne Jeffries: Should you go to jail for posting video of a real murder? October 16, 2013, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Mark Marek, who posted Magnotta murder video, pleads guilty to corrupting morals . Accessed January 31, 2016. 
  14. ↑ 'Don't F ** k With Cats': The Story About BestGore.com and Mark Marek That You Didn't See in Netflix Documentary. Retrieved July 28, 2020 (English).
  15. ^ The Greatest Man of the 20th Century - Best Gore. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (American English).
  16. ↑ Mark Marek Interviewed by Adrianne Jeffries from The Verge - Political Prisoner Mark Marek. August 14, 2014, accessed July 27, 2020 .
  17. ↑ bestgore.com | Web hosting server for bestgore.com is located in America / Chicago, United States. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
  18. ^ Dozen Years, Best Gore . Best gore. April 30, 2020. Accessed April 30, 2020.