Online petition platform Change.org is suffering denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of a campaign calling for the release of Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei.
The petition has attracted more than 90,000 signatures, including many from leading museums such as the Guggenheim, MoMA and Tate Modern, since it was posted last week.
A change.org spokesperson says that the site has suffered intense DDoS attacks since Monday, sending it offline for periods of time. At the time of writing, Change.org was still offline.
"There's no evidence that this has come from the Chinese government, but clearly the circumstantial evidence is pretty powerful," the spokesperson says, noting that the for-profit organization has called on the U.S. State Department's Bureau of East Asian Pacific Affairs for assistance.
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