Cybersecurity
WikiLeaks Flees to Switzerland as U.S., France Options Narrow
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WikiLeaks.org, the whistle-blowing website forced to move its domain name to Switzerland after its U.S. service was withdrawn, may be banned from French servers.
It is “not acceptable” for servers in France to host the site, French Industry Minister Eric Besson said in a letter to the CGIET technology agency. The minister asked for measures to bar WikiLeaks from France, where it is partially hosted by Roubaix, France-based OVH SAS.