Amazon Faces Boycott Over WikiLeaks Axe Amazon is facing a backlash from its customers after kicking whistleblowing website WikiLeaks off its servers.
The internet giant took action after coming under pressure from right-wingers in the US to stop hosting the site, which this week published tens of thousands of confidential diplomatic e-mails.
Joe Lieberman, chairman of the senate homeland security committee, called on other companies to end their links with the website.
He said: WikiLeaks illegal, outrageous, and reckless acts have compromised our national security and put lives at risk around the world.
But Amazon now faces protests from free speech campaigners, who say it should be punished with boycott at what is its busiest trading period of the year.
The e-tailer began hosting WikiLeaks on its servers after the sites host in Sweden came under cyber attack on Sunday.
The site had returned to its original Swedish host, leaving Amazon facing the wrath of its customers.
One tweeted: For the first time in my life, I have disposable income in dollars. Not one penny is going to Amazon.