AT&T blocks 4chan, the war of internet free speech begins.
Author: Sterling Heltzel | Filed under: Uncategorized
4chan, like it, hate it, or just ignoring it, is possibly the internet’s most notorious, most sickening, and most important websites. It’s spouted just about every single meme in the dawn of the new age of pop culture, being responsible for most of what even people who’ve never even heard of the site talk about in regular watercooler conversation of “that thing they saw on YouTube”. Details post-jump.
AT&T, a leading proponent for trying to tear down free speech and channels through the internet in all this Net Neutrality hooplah has produced That Shot Heard Around The Web, by blocking 4chan entirely. It isn’t yet clear if AT&T “intentionally” did this and if it isn’t just an elaborate 4chan hoax (funnier things have been done), but reading threads on /b/ right now, these guys aren’t happy. And you know what they do when they’re not happy.
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July 27th, 2009 at 11:34 am
So I hear they’re losing iPhone exclusivity, heard any rumors about it coming to t-mobile?
July 27th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Turns out that they didn’t “block” 4chan, but it was a misunderstanding as 4chan was constantly getting DDoS’d and the best option they thought was to shut down access to it for a while. They didn’t realize that 4chan was 4chan.
And no, Ace, no. One post and you already broke Godwin’s law. No.