Computer World reports that Amazon will no longer be hosting WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks was moved to the Amazon servers after Denial of Service attacks.
Using a tweet as a credible source is always questionable, but it is becoming more acceptable. On WikiLeaks Twitter account a tweet was made:
"WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted. Free speech the land of the free--fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe."
Computer World did a reverse IP trace and found out that now WikiLeaks is being hosted by a Swedish firm known as Bahnhof Internet AB. The headquarters of the firm is in Uppsala, Sweden.
Amazon's reasons for removing the site is not known for fact, but within the site's terms of service it states:
"[Amazon Web Services] reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in its sole discretion," the terms state.
"You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content," the terms continue "[And] that ... the content you supply ... will not cause injury to any person or entity."
The Wall Street Journal tried to get in touch with Amazon and WikiLeaks but were unable to get any response. However, WSJ posts an excerpt from a press release from Senator Joe Lieberman's office which states:
"I wish that Amazon had taken this action earlier based on Wikileaks' previous publication of classified material. The company's decision to cut off Wikileaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies."
This is a real big deal, and these documents must have some really juicy information that governments are purposely hiding from its citizens - do these documents compromise national security, could the average person even understand them? Well, it'd be good to find out what the government has been lying about. It's not just about the secrets, because obviously no one would commit what could be considered treason if there was not a good reason behind it (in regards to leaking these documents).
Computer World did a reverse IP trace and found out that now WikiLeaks is being hosted by a Swedish firm known as Bahnhof Internet AB. The headquarters of the firm is in Uppsala, Sweden.
Amazon's reasons for removing the site is not known for fact, but within the site's terms of service it states:
"[Amazon Web Services] reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in its sole discretion," the terms state.
"You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content," the terms continue "[And] that ... the content you supply ... will not cause injury to any person or entity."
"I wish that Amazon had taken this action earlier based on Wikileaks' previous publication of classified material. The company's decision to cut off Wikileaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies."
This is a real big deal, and these documents must have some really juicy information that governments are purposely hiding from its citizens - do these documents compromise national security, could the average person even understand them? Well, it'd be good to find out what the government has been lying about. It's not just about the secrets, because obviously no one would commit what could be considered treason if there was not a good reason behind it (in regards to leaking these documents).
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