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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (3) Email Print Reprints Read Lawyer for WikiLeaks's Assange denies warrant valid | 02 Dec 2010 Senate to take symbolic votes on taxes Saturday 02 Dec 2010 Monsanto GMO sugarbeets to be destroyed: court 30 Nov 2010 FOREX-Euro retains momentum, but U.S. data poses risk 02 Dec 2010 Elizabeth Smart storms out of kidnapper's trial 01 Dec 2010 Discussed 78 Saudi king urged U.S. to attack Iran: WikiLeaks 65 Obama to propose two-year federal worker pay freeze 64 Obama, Republicans in tax face-off at White House Watched Bejeweled bra exposed in NY Thu, Oct 21 2010 Row over vote orgasm video Fri, Nov 19 2010 World reacts to WikiLeaks release Mon, Nov 29 2010 Special Report Nissan-Renault turns over a new Leaf With this month's launch of the Leaf, Nissan-Renault hopes its electric vehicle will win green points and lift their brand images after years of trailing rivals such as Toyota and Honda -- a weakness that has grated at management for years. Full Article More Green Business news Amazon blocks out WikiLeaks, but denies U.S. pressure Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has stopped hosting the website of WikiLeaks, which published sensitive classified U.S. government information, but it denied it was a result of pressure from lawmakers. "There have been... Factbox Factbox: U.S. cases involving leaks of secret material Thu, Dec 2 2010 Related News Lawyer for WikiLeaks' Assange denies warrant valid Thu, Dec 2 2010 Amazon stops hosting WikiLeaks website Thu, Dec 2 2010 Analysis: Hard case for U.S. against WikiLeaks's Assange Tue, Nov 30 2010 One military network cut off from cables Tue, Nov 30 2010 Analysis & Opinion Scathing U.S. view of French unrest and Muslim integration in WikiLeaks WikiLeaks Scandal: Is the United Nations a Den of Spies? Related Topics Technology » The home page of the Wikileaks.org website is pictured on a computer in Hoboken, New Jersey, November 28, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Gary Hershorn NEW YORK | Thu Dec 2, 2010 10:32pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has stopped hosting the website of WikiLeaks, which published sensitive classified U.S. government information, but it denied it was a result of pressure from lawmakers. "There have been reports that a government inquiry prompted us not to serve WikiLeaks any longer. That is inaccurate," the company said in a statement. "There have also been reports that it was prompted by massive DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. That too is inaccurate. There were indeed large-scale DDOS attacks, but they were successfully defended against." Amazon said it stopped hosting WikiLeaks' website because it violated its terms of service, not because an inquiry by the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee sparked anger about the release of thousands of classified U.S. government documents. Staff for the committee's chairman, Joe Lieberman, had questioned Amazon about its relationship with WikiLeaks on Tuesday and called on other companies that provide Web-hosting services to boycott WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks turned to Amazon to keep its site available after hackers tried to flood it and prevent users accessing the classified information. WikiLeaks said it is now being hosted by servers in Europe. In its statement on Thursday, Amazon said its Amazon Web Services (AWS) rents computer infrastructure on a self-service basis. AWS does not pre-screen its customers, but it does have terms of service that must be followed. "WikiLeaks was not following them. There were several parts they were violating," the company said. For example, it said under its terms of service, a customer must guarantee it owns or controls all of the rights to the content and that use of the content will not cause injury to any person or entity. "It's clear that WikiLeaks doesn't own or otherwise control all the rights to this classified content," Amazon said. "It is not credible that the extraordinary volume of 250,000 classified documents that WikiLeaks is publishing could have been carefully redacted in such a way as to ensure that they weren't putting innocent people in jeopardy." Amazon said that in four years it had hundreds of thousands of customers storing all kinds of data on AWS. "Some of this data is controversial, and that's perfectly fine. But, when companies or people go about securing and storing large quantities of data that isn't rightfully theirs, and publishing this data without ensuring it won't injure others, it's a violation of our terms of service, and folks need to go operate elsewhere." WikiLeaks slammed Amazon for dropping it, saying via the social media network Twitter that if Amazon was "so uncomfortable with the First Amendment (of the U.S. Constitution), they should get out of the business of selling books." (Reporting by Steve James; Editing by Richard Chang) Technology We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) Began wrote: It seems that Amazon does not support ‘free speech’ or ‘truth’! How much “Damage” did Ellsworth’s “Pentagon Papers” hurt the U.S. ? Remember they did help to end the Veit Nam war which was so far off the scale of common sense that even the ‘War Hawks’ have finally admitted that stupidity prevailed! Maybe governments should learn to act within the laws and guidelines that the ‘citizens’ of that country have set. That migh help to return to some recognizable form of Democracy! Why are we engaged in world wide Empire building campaign, just because we have the most powerful military and score so low on the ‘moral’ scale! We are the most advanced nation with the least high school graduates . How about cleaning up our act first and set a real example instead of standing on thin ice and claiming the high ‘moral ground’ that the rest of the world laughs at! We have dropped from 15th to 22nd in the polls of least corrupt governments! We did this in only one year because of the Supreme Court decision to allow corporations to buy our Elected Representatives (Washington whores)outright! Don’t expect this to change, the Politicians like it this way, that’s both parties! Dec 02, 2010 11:36pm EST -- Report as abuse eurhenry wrote: American’s need to boycott amazon.com inc and any of it’s affiliates for there unAmerican behavior! Mr Assange is a true American hero. God bless him. Dec 02, 2010 11:58pm EST -- Report as abuse djlowballer wrote: I find it ironic that wiki-leaks is run by an Australian citizen considering how much censorship and nanny-state behavior goes on in his backyard. Why is he championing our first amendment instead of worrying about his country? Amazon is not a government. It is a private company which has a protected right to deny others from using its services, especially in the case of the client breaking their contractual agreement. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for more transparency however that does not mean everything should be publicized. Trust is based on keeping secrets. Without trust diplomacy fails and we all end up killing each other. 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