News: AT&T Blocks 4chan, Opens Can of Worms
by otaking on Jul.28, 2009, under News
From TechCrunch:
As if AT&T wasn’t already bad enough. In an act that is sure to spark internet rebellions everywhere, AT&T has apparently declared war on the extremely popular imageboard 4chan.org, blocking some of the site’s most popular message boards, including /r9k/ and the infamous /b/. moot, who started 4chan and continues to run the site, has posted a note to the 4chan status blog indicating that AT&T is in fact filtering/blocking the site for many of its customers (we’re still trying to confirm from AT&T’s side).
Why AT&T? WHY?!
What the heck is AT&T thinking? The CEO of AT&T has already received a “Good Night, Sweet Prince” all over the net, which is a standard tagline from 4chan’s infamous fake celebrity death notices. What’s next, is Randall Stephenson going to be ‘an hero’?
UPDATE: AT&T claims an attack on one of their clients originated from img.4chan.org, which is why they blocked access to their other customers. Denial of service attacks! Naughty naughty!
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July 28th, 2009 on 9:16 am
NUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2009 on 9:26 am
AT&T saw 4chan as a threat to it’s plan of world domination… tsk tsk
July 28th, 2009 on 10:00 am
Especially when the /b/tards came up with this gameplan!