WikiLeaks thrown off Amazon servers

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com////classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/Wikileaks_3-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>WikiLeaks will no longer be hosted on Amazon's EC2 web servers after being shown the door and sent packing to Europe.</P><br /><P>The controversial site, which this week further irked the US government by revealing embarrassing correspondences from the State Department, no longer has a home on US soil.</P><br /><P>It will now be hosted on servers in Europe, according to a report by <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wr_nm/us_wikileaks_amazon">Reuters</A>.</P><br /><P><STRONG>First amendment</STRONG></P><br /><P>In response to being sent to Coventry, WikiLeaks issued two statements via Twitter: "WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted. Free speech the land of the free--fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe."</P><br /><P>The second read: "If Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books."</P><br /><P>Suggestions are that government snooping into Amazon's relationship with the site might have factored into the decision, but so far Amazon has refused to comment</P>

WikiLeaks thrown off Amazon servers

WikiLeaks will no longer be hosted on Amazon's EC2 web servers after being shown the door and sent packing to Europe. The controversial ...

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