shock sites

A form of shock site — A website intended to offend or shock, containing frightening and/or distasteful content of a pornographic, scatological, or grotesquely violent nature. In most cases, it displays a particular picture most prominently; some shock sites also show animations or image galleries.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shock site
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