Wikileaks.org Down by Law
By Dave Wieneke on Feb 19, 2008 in Domains, Free speech / censorship | comments(0)
Wikileaks, a controversial whistle-blower website where visitors anonymously post corporate or government documents, has had its domain name deactivated in the United States.
Bank Julius Baer, a Swiss bank with operations in the Cayman Islands, petitioned that the site’s California domain register be ordered to deactivate the Wikileaks.org web address. Wikileaks had published disclosures suggesting the bank’s Cayman Islands operations were involved with illegal activities.