Reporters Without Borders is criticizing a California judge for closing the website WikiLeaks.org. The U.S.-based website was built to give whistleblowers a site to post leaked documents. Last week, Californian Judge Jeffrey White ordered the website’s domain name registrar to disable the WikiLeaks.org domain name. White issued the ruling after a Cayman Islands bank sued the site following the publication of leaked bank documents. According to Reporters Without Borders, this appears to be the first time a US court has decided to close an entire website because of certain documents posted on it. David Ardia of the Citizen Media Law Project said, “There is no justification under the First Amendment for shutting down an entire website.”
Californian Judge Criticized for Shutting Down WikiLeaks.org
HeadlineFeb 21, 2008