(CNN) -- Amazon, whose servers have been home to WikiLeaks since earlier this week, has quit hosting it, the website behind a massive disclosure of controversial documents said Wednesday.
WikiLeaks confirmed the move on its Twitter feed Wednesday afternoon.
"WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted," read a post from shortly before 3 p.m. ET. "Free speech the land of the free--fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe".
The site wasn't accessible early Wednesday, but appeared to be reactivated by Wednesday afternoon.
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman was one of the first public officials to announce the move. One of the most vocal critics of WikiLeaks, Lieberman said Amazon officials told him Wednesday morning that they had taken down the site.
"I wish that Amazon had taken this action earlier based on WikiLeaks' previous publication of classified material," Lieberman said in a written statement. "The company's decision to cut off WikiLeaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material". CNN
