Updated: AT&T started blocking access to 4chan, blacklisting /b/ and censoring the internet
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UPDATE: A number of users are now reporting that they can get to 4chan once again. According to a few users, AT&T claims the incident started due to a “security issue out of their control.” More details as the surface.
A number of people on Reddit.com are reporting that AT&T has decided to block all access to img . 4chan . org. So far areas in Southern California, Detroit, Austin, Houston, and Beaumont “Those who have contacted AT&T representatives were told that the site is in fact blocked, so this isn’t a technical problem, and all the other 4chan subdomains work fine.”
While 4chan is definitely the s**thole of the internet, an ISP shouldn’t be deciding which sites are appropriate for their audience. The ‘Anonymous’ users are still getting word of this, and have yet to react in any major style. What remains unclear is if 4chan will be the only site blocked, or if other sites will fall onto AT&Ts black list.
What is known, is AT&T is great at pissing off their customers, and they sure chose a great place to start this round. Grab some popcorn, this could get pretty interesting!
(Note: I KNOW it’s /b/, not /B/, but Lockergnome won’t let me fix the titles caps.)
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Jack Aviado
July 26th, 2009
at 2:22pm
And so it begins.
Spurious
July 26th, 2009
at 7:40pm
You know you love /b/.
ace
July 27th, 2009
at 6:09pm
And once again, it NEVER fails with the incessant lying, as lying is a way of life for these hacker creeps. I salute AT&T for blocking viruses, trojans and nasty spider scripts, as that is what the REAL truth is as to WHY AT&T has flashed the middle finger [blocked] to 4 Chan. Why should AT&T waste time and energy in dealing with viruses, trojans and uncontrollable script programs emanating from the 4 Chan site?
I don’t condone censorship and I certainly don’t condone lies “in the name of lulz”. The only thing 4 Chan has proven again and again, is that they are infantile and violent. A bunch of two year olds who go on tirades. And just like an out of control two year old, they need some REAL hard slaps from the school of hard knocks.
Any consequences or denial of internet access to AT&T customers due to NAZI actions emanating from 4 Chan [or any other hacker creeps for that matter], I pray that they are caught, rounded up, prosecuted beyond the extent of the law, thrown in a windowless cell and locked up forever until the day they die.
I commend AT&T for taking the step forward and I sincerely hope that other ISP’S follow suit ASAP. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Hackers cause destruction, chaos, waste everyones time and energy. Normal people on the net are SICK AND TIRED of these two year old tantrum antics that 4 Chan displays on a daily basis. These hacker creeps really and truly need to GROW THE F*** UP.