Why would the Ecuadorean government cut off Julian Assange's internet?

Answer 1

The U.S Establishment and vested interests are dinosaurs. They still live in a pre-social media era where they think we all believe what CNN and the BBC say. Fortunately for us, or at least those of us who still have the ability not to be brain-washed, we have social media. The age of the dinosaurs of the Establishment is coming to and end. The World is beginning to realize how much of a ruin of the World the dinosaurs have created. I include Obama in that group. Trump surprisingly is not a dinosaur - he wants to take them on. Equador did as it was told by Washington because the U.S is Ecuador's major trading partner. This is taken from the USA Gov website.

....Aside from the fossil fuel trade, the United States is Ecuador's principal trading partner. Major U.S. exports to Ecuador include petroleum products, machinery, computers and electronic equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, transportation equipment, and cereals and grains. Ecuador benefits from duty-free entry into the United States for many of its products under the Generalized System of Preferences. U.S. imports from Ecuador include crude oil, shrimp and prawns, bananas and plantains, cocoa, and cut flowers (roses). The two countries have a bilateral investment treaty in force since 1997. U.S. direct investment in Ecuador is led by the manufacturing and wholesale/retail sectors.

Answer 2

The newspapers have said that the US government has 'nudged' the Ecuadorian government to do so. He is not entirely restricted but he can't produce his 'leaks' at this time.