Alan Duncan, a British Foreign Office minister called the 46-year-old whistleblower a “miserable little worm”, who he said should leave Ecuador’s embassy and hand himself over to the United Kingdom. Ecuador, meanwhile, released a statement saying Assange’s “behavior, with his messages on social networks, puts at risk our good relations with Britain and the European Union”. Details It’s the second time Ecuador has blocked Assange’s internet access However, this isn’t the first time that Ecuador has restricted Assange’s internet access. In 2016, it was briefly suspended after he uploaded documents that could have allegedly impacted the US presidential election. Assange spends most of his time in Ecuador’s London embassy tweeting, contributing for Russian government TV channel RT and participating in online media conferences.