Amazon has pulled WikiLeaks from its servers. The controversial site relocated to Amazon servers lately. After denial of service assaults started hitting WikiLeaks, the website relocated to Amazon Web Services, which provides self-service web hosting. After calls have been made by different individuals to boycott WikiLeaks, Amazon decided that it desired nothing to do with WikiLeaks. The site has moved on to elsewhere.
Amazon protest causes WikiLeaks to be dropped
The “Cablegate” series happened with WikiLeaks. Then, the sit faced some DDOS, or distributed denial of service. Amazon Web Services took up the site after that. Amazon.com has kicked WikiLeaks off its self-service web hosting in protest, after Senator Joe Lieberman called for American companies to boycott the site, according to The Guardian. The Twitter page that WikiLeaks has made it very clear that they felt Amazon needed to "get out of the business of selling books" if it isn't going to follow the first amendments when also saying "fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe" instead of people in the U.S.
Wanting Julian Assange in prison in Europe
The head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has a warrant for his arrest from the Swedish government. The Christian Science Monitor reports that because of sexual assault charges, Assange has been a fugitive in Sweden from time to time. Assange could be arrested in any nation he is found in though as the Interpol, which is the international police organization, issued a "red notice". The warrant is more of a suggestion than anything else. Australia, Assange’s home country, and also the United States are mulling criminal charges. When asked about the situation, Assange's mom said that he is "fighting baddies, if you like" and is doing what he believes is right.
Everyone angry
The international community has responded quite a bit to the diplomatic cables that WikiLeaks released. Julian Assange and his fate are unknown at the moment. It does seem that WikiLeaks might have a hard time operating within the future though.
Details from
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-servers-amazon?CMP=twt_gu
twitter.com/wikileaks
CS Monitor
csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/1201/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-is-merely-fighting-baddies-says-his-mom
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