http://stormen.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/att-blocks-4chan/


In my opinion, if it's true, then good riddance. They'll bitch and moan, spew out another couple thousand memes, and hold gay protests in their fucking V for Vendetta masks outside of AT&T offices. And that's all that'll happen.

In America this technically breaks the first amendment, does it not?

Way to read your own article

QuoteUPDATED 8: According to CentralGadget, 4chan is now UNBLOCKED by AT&T. AT&T says they were «following the practices of their policy department», but that they have restored network-wide access to all areas of 4chan. Shitstorm averted? Also, according to CentralGadget, 4chan is currently down «due to a large DDOS attack, affecting most of 4chan’s servers.» This appears unrelated to the AT&T blockade, but may have been triggered by the high-profile attention that 4chan has received during the past 24 hours.

4chan = the devil

Quote from: Light Pin;1630588In America this technically breaks the first amendment, does it not?

America doesn't own the internet though

QuoteUPDATED 8: According to CentralGadget, 4chan is now UNBLOCKED by AT&T.

Dang

Edit: fuk u camo

whoops lol

Quote from: Kombucha Lite;1630594Dang

Edit: fuk u camo

Quote from: Light Pin;1630588In America this technically breaks the first amendment, does it not?

No it doesn't.

I wish it had remained blocked.
Those kids that post in /b/ need to find something better to do.

Quote from: RomanClock;1630604No it doesn't.

ie;
It only protects Freedom of Speech against the Government, not private businesses.

I'm surprised that this sort of thing didn't happen earlier.

Fuck you guys. Internet censorship is bad anywhere. Also America doesn't own the internet but I'm pretty sure AT&T is based in America, the internet isn't some lawless wasteland you know.

But anyway, the reason they blocked them was because their customers were DDOSing 4chan and using a shit load of bandwidth, so instead of limiting the access to the DDOSers they block 4chan?

Quote from: Dark Sinister On Fire;1630621But anyway, the reason they blocked them was because their customers were DDOSing 4chan and using a shit load of bandwidth, so instead of limiting the access to the DDOSers they block 4chan?

As I understand it a DDoS is orchestrated from a botnet meaning one person fires up a bunch of infected computers owned by your average less-than computer savvy person that somehow downloaded a trojan or virus or whatever, which allows the hacker remote access to their computer. Blocking 4chan entirely would seem to be the easiest solution in this case if you can't really narrow down any profile, basically anyone dumb enough to download suspicious material on the internet.

edit: note I'm not condoning using tactics like blocking an entire website for this reason I'm just giving what I think AT&T's reasoning behind this is.

Yeah, somehow I don't think censoring the Internet is a good thing.  It opens up more possibilities.  It's not good in any way.
At least they unblocked it.

Quote from: Dark Rum;1630641As I understand it a DDoS is orchestrated from a botnet meaning one person fires up a bunch of infected computers owned by your average less-than computer savvy person that somehow downloaded a trojan or virus or whatever, which allows the hacker remote access to their computer. Blocking 4chan entirely would seem to be the easiest solution in this case if you can't really narrow down any profile, basically anyone dumb enough to download suspicious material on the internet.

4chan kids are dumb

Quote from: Light Thunderbolt;16306464chan kids are dumb

It's not 4chan. It's other people who download trojans who are used by people who hate 4chan to DDOS it.

Sounds like a blast.

btw whats the point in downing 4chan, anyway? nothing of value will ever be lost by it going down