Friday, December 10, 2010

WikiLeaks crackdown sparks web war...

Skirmishes raged across cyberspace between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides of the battle line taken out of service or choked off by attacks.

Meanwhile the United Nations' human rights high commissioner voiced alarm over moves by officials and corporations to cut off WikiLeaks' funding and starve it of server space - describing them as "potentially violating WikiLeaks' right to freedom of expression".

Navi Pillay also expressed surprise at the scale of the online attacks that have targeted major American financial players - in some cases denying access to their websites for hours at a time. More...

Don't miss:
  1. WikiLeaks finds refuge in Switzerland...
  2. Censors block WikiLeaks website; Interpol issues...
  3. The dullness of the WikiLeaks “revelations.”
  4. Julian Assange and the two Swedish women...

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