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Saturday, December 4, 2010

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. Congress stops Wikileaks

3 December 2010

Amazon.com Inc. stopped hosting WikiLeaks from its Web servers following pressure from members of Congress, prompting the controversial group to move its website to a European provider.

WikiLeaks said in a Twitter message it had been "ousted" by the Seattle online retailer, which also sells Web services and online storage.

In its message, WikiLeaks said its money is "now spent to employ people in Europe." The group later added: "if Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling.

Source: Agencies

Kavkaz Center

Source: Kavkaz Center.
Link: http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2010/12/03/13034.shtml.

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