Officials confirm government cut off internet access for Julian Assange following a raft of leaked emails targeting DemocratsEcuador has confirmed that it has temporarily cut off internet access in its embassy in London to Julian Assange,the founder of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, over fears that he was using it to interfere in the US presidential election.
The scuttle followed the publication of leaked emails by WikiLeaks, and including some from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released just before the party’s conference in July,and more recently a cache of emails from the account of Hillary Clinton campaign adviser John Podesta.
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Source: theguardian.com