The government of Ecuador has confirmed that it did cut off Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s internet access on Saturday, reports The Times of India. Assange, who was given asylum by Ecuador at its London embassy in 2012 after he jumped bail to escape sex assault charges in Sweden, has carried on helming the whistleblowing website. Ecuador’s move comes in the wake of Wikileaks publishing a raft of emails from US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that are damaging to her. Clearly, Ecuador would rather curtail Assange’s internet freedom than fall foul of a probable future US president.