AT&T Blocks Part of 4chan 342
holdenkarau writes "Several news sources (Mashable, The Inquistr, etc.) are reporting that AT&T is blocking img.4chan.org in the southern United States. That server is used for the infamous /b/ board (the home of anonymous). TechCrunch calls the decision to block 4chan 'stupid,' noting that they may have 'opened perhaps the most vindictive, messy can of worms.' The Inquisitr suggests that 'The global internet censorship debate landed in the home of the free.' moot (who runs 4chan) asks users to call AT&T, while some others suggest more drastic action (like cutting AT&T fiber)." Update: 07/27 09:23 GMT by T : Readers' comments below suggest that a) the purpose of the block was to curtail the effects of a serious DDoS attack and b) that the block has now been lifted, at least for some regions.
Hooboy... (Score:5, Funny)
This is going to be beyond epic. There's going to be movies made about this a hundred years from now. (It'll be a comedy/tragedy either way, or more probably both)
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Net Neutrality (Score:3, Funny)
First they came for the 4chan members, and I did not speak out,
because I did not want to be labeled a child molester.
Then they came for...
Wrong way (Score:5, Funny)
The Rules? (Score:2, Funny)
Someone broke rule 1 and rule 2 here. Slashdot post ending in 69 does rule 34 on timothy NAO!! Ahma chargin my slashdot layzars! CmdrTaco is now a meme. Ummm. Over 9000?
Honestly, was the phrase "and nothing of value was lost" ever more appropriate?
Re:"Could this all be a hoax...?" (Score:3, Funny)
I'm preheating the microwave now to prep some popcorn.
Preheating the Microwave? Do you use tinfoil or lightbulbs?
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:5, Funny)
My God man, are you insane? That would be like crossing the streams and I don't mean like Ghostbusters, more like broke back mountain.
Slow day
Then they came for the USB Mice... (Score:0, Funny)
but I trolled using plain html and wit that RMS can't handle. [freeimagehosting.net]
Then they came for the USB port, but I used a PS/2 bridged Wacom tablet.
Yhen they came for my porn collection, and they haven't stopped cumming.
Aye! Everyone's thinkin' it, I'm just sayin' it. Mutiny is in the wind!
Re:Hooboy... (Score:4, Funny)
The movie will be banned in all 63 states for being approximately 2 hours of child porn strung together with scat jokes.
Re:Net Neutrality (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think AT&T would care too much of the opinion of a group of 15 year olds.
Only a complete moron would sell an entertainment pipeline into American homes and not care about the opinion of a group of 15 year olds! So, yeah, you're probably right.
Re:Hooboy... (Score:3, Funny)
Ham-fisted (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Net Neutrality (Score:3, Funny)
OH GOD HOW DO I MOD THIS? Insightful....or funny...or insightful...or funny...or insightful...DEAR GOD WHAT DO I DO?????????1one
Re:this is what's going to happen (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, I'm sure "they" will do just that, Mr. Crazy Hobo on the Bus.
Re:"Could this all be a hoax...?" (Score:5, Funny)
Uranium rods, like any sane person.
Re:Hooboy... (Score:5, Funny)
6 states? We have Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. What are the other three?
I was completely thrown by that silly concept of 63 states. According to all the history books I've read, there have always been 3. I already verified this with the RecDep of Minitrue.
In related news: (Score:5, Funny)
In other news: AT&T pokes bees nest while wearing meat suit in hungry tiger cage.
Re:this is what's going to happen (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Idiots (Score:5, Funny)
Destruction as a form of protest only hurts themselves and other innocents.
"Other innocents"?
You've never actually visited /b/, have you?
Re:You know what destroys a sites credibility? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:5, Funny)
Pick an ethnic minority and have a party?
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:5, Funny)
Finally, ATT sucks. Track their employees leaving the stores and beat the shit out of them, then vandalize their vehicles. Fuck man, it's obvious that they're a front for government spying. When their medical bills are greater than their paychecks and government stipends, the domestic spying will end.
finally, a rational, well thought out comment that is on topic and offers a solution.
there is nothing more to add to this discussion.
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:3, Funny)
Gimme a funnel, some handcuffs, 5 liters of hard liquor and a few hours and by your logic I can have sex with anyone I want and it won't count as rape.
Actually your logical conclusion that it won't be counted as rape is correct, it will be seen as necrophilia.
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:5, Funny)
moot: We get signal.
moot: Main screen turn on.
AT&T: How are you gentlemen !!
AT&T: All your internets are belong to us.
AT&T: You are on the way to Great Firewall of North America.
AT&T: You have no chance to survive make your time.
AT&T: HA HA HA HA
Re:Net Neutrality (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Before we act too hastily.. (Score:1, Funny)
I was circumcised by a cross eyed rabbi. I cross my own streams!