Amazon won’t have WikiLeaks on its servers any more. After denial of service assaults began hitting WikiLeaks, the website relocated to Amazon Web Services, which provides self-service website hosting. Amazon made the decision that it wanted no part in what WikiLeaks is doing.
Amazon protest causes WikiLeaks to be dropped
The “Cablegate” series happened with WikiLeaks. Then, the sit faced some DDOS, or distributed denial of service. As a result, the site moved to Amazon Web Services. The Guardian reports that Senator Joe Lieberman asked businesses in America to start boycotting WikiLeaks which in turn had the Amazon Web Service kick the site off. "Fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe" had been what WikiLeaks posted on its Twitter page after this happened. The company also said that Amazon needed to "get out of the business of selling books" if Amazon wasn't going to follow the first Amendment.
Wanting Julian Assange in prison in Europe
The Swedish government has a warrant out for the arrest of the head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. The Christian Science Monitor reports that as a result of sexual assault charges, Assange has been a fugitive in Sweden from time to time. A "red notice" was issued for Assange too by the Inter, or the international police organization. This means that any nation that finds Assange must arrest him. He won't necessarily be arrested. It is just a recommendation being passed along. Both the United States and Assange's home country, Australia, have criminal charges being charged to him. The mother of Assange has a different opinion on the thing. She said he is "fighting baddies, if you like" because he has principles to know how to fight what is right and wrong.
Stirring the pot of anger
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 may have a hard time operating in the future though.
Citations
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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