WikiLeaks Attacks Illegal Says Internet Society

[EFerrari]

WikiLeaks Attacks Illegal Says Internet Society

By Tim Greene, NetworkWorld Dec 11, 2010 6:11 am

Takedown attempts against WikiLeaks undermine what the Internet stands for, and those responsible should be tracked down and prosecuted, says the Internet Society, a nonprofit group dedicated to the open use of the Internet.

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In its December newsletter, ISOC says it recognizes that WikiLeaks' posting of diplomatic cables is a worry to some, but knocking the site offline is illegal.

"Unless and until appropriate laws are brought to bear to take the wikileaks.org domain down legally, technical solutions should be sought to reestablish its proper presence," ISOC says, "and appropriate actions taken to pursue and prosecute entities (if any) that acted maliciously to take it off the air."

Wikileaks has suffered distributed DoS attacks and in response supporters of WikiLeaks have launched DDoS attacks of their own against Visa, Mastercard, and Amazon.com.

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[siligut]

1. Good to see freedom of speech has a back bone

The cooperation among several organizations has ensured that the impact on the Wikileaks organizational website has not prevented all access to Wikileaks material," ISOC says. "This further underscores that the removal of a domain is an ineffective tool to suppress communication, merely serving to undermine the integrity of the global Internet and its operation."

The first step in creating a totalitarian society is control of information.

[EFerrari]

3. Yes. The UN and Amnesty International have both made statements

about protecting freedom of expression in this case.

[JVS]

2. The Internet Society.

:rofl:

[drm604]

4. I agree that the name sounds hokey,

but they're for real: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society