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Censorship comes to America: AT&T blocks 4chan /b/

Some people have suggested that this was due to a DDOS attack, but I don't really see how this makes sense (it seems unlikely that moot would have any part in a DDOS attack from img.4chan.org, that server is fairly overloaded anyways). Its possible that 4chan was a victim of a DDOS attack and AT&T thought they would “help” by dropping all traffic to it, but that seems like something where they should talk to the site admin first (which they clearly did not).

fuck you /b/ get

4chan, /b/ specifically, has been under almost constant DDoS's for the last month. While the site was hard to reach at the best of times, you could eventually get a pageload after a few refreshes.

This is different.

However, the idea of an ISP “helping” by blocking traffic crosses so many lines it's scary…

–Kyle

ALL AT&T ARE DOING IS HELPING TO CURE THE CANCER KILLING /b/

I DEMAND ACTION AGAINST THIS OPPONENT TO THE NEW ORDER OF ANONYMOUS. ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. WE DO NOT FORGIVE WE DO NOT FORGIVE

About time.

“this is to inform you that we are receiving similar complaints from other members also. AT&T members have issues accessing this web site and they are getting a message that AT&T is blocking this web site.However, please be informed that AT&T does not block any web sites for our members. This issue seems to be with the web site itself for the AT&T Internet connections.Therefore, I we would request you to contact the web site owner at the following contact details: Administrator, Chan pc4zj3qn4hh@networksolutionsprivateregistration… ATTN: 4CHAN.ORG c/o Network Solutions P.O. Box 447 Herndon, VA20172-0447 Phone: 570-708-8780″

Quote from online customer support. Contradictory much?

what a noob.

I got that same copy paste message. The same EXACT one on http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/AT%26T_Blo…

ALSO, its so weird how if I use a proxy, I can view the page. It is almost like, you are at a school and trying to access myspace or such… This is going to be VERY interesting Monday morning.

there are legitimate news sites

and then theres whatever the fuck site this is

> the home of the free

Seriously now?

fuck at&t! flood their inboxes with spam flood their phones with threats and hate! the 2nd Anonymous war has begun and this time its not 'for the lulz'

I have only one thing to say,being an austalian i havent been introduced to internet sensorship yet (Telstra isnt that stupid) i would like to annouce the inevitable bankruptcy of AT&T now roflcopta

I'm also Australian and this is having an effect on us as well, I can't acces 4chan and according to status.4chan.org Moot can't even access the site.
I hate to say it but I think we are seeing the death of 4chan

lol not likely there will alwyas be proxy servers and if AT&T isnt bullied into submission by 4chan it will go bankrupt

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NO WANT NO WANT! CENSORSHIP GOES AGAINST THE FIRST AMENDMENT~ NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT NO WANT

i came.

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̮̻̬̪̦͗̽ͪW̛̜̳͎͙̝͇̗͌̒̿̀ͪ͊̈͟i͖̥̻̜̽́t̸̗͈͖͍ͯ̾ͥ̒̓͂̊ͬ̒͟͝h͙͍͔̗͚̝͈͎̥ͣ͡o̦̘̼̘̠͓ͭ͒̂̀̏͡͡u̴̜͕͖͉̰̖͓̎ͧ͡t̴̞͕̙̹͑ͦ̿̄ ̨̘̓̚͞o͎̱̖̮̯̠͒̋ͣ͌͋͑̐̕r̨͍͙͍̝ͨ̇͟͜d̟̞̝̺͎͓̞̔͑͑̋̅͐̓ͅe̛̳̱̰̹͎̮ͮ̿͛̏̌ͩͣͅr̜̟̠̖͋ͨͨ̊̔͊̅ͣͫ.̛̦̩̝̜͕̰͈͙͐̔͛ͦ͑̔͟ ͔͛ͨ̕
̘̦̖̦̬́̀͆ͩ͊̚T͓͚̞̟̪͚̥̈̽́ͯ͝͡h̵̗͇̑͆̅ͧ̾̕ę̴͖̘̙̗͓̰̄ͤ͌͑̉͋͑ͅ ̗͎̗̯̟̠͓̠͒ͯ̉ͣͬ̐ͤ̓N̩̼̖͙̰͊̈͗͐̑ͯ̌̐ͅȩ̸̪̬̻̣̘̺̣͓̹ͫ̽̒̀z̸̡̛̫͎̲͚̱͉̬ͤ̇ͭͥͧ̍̅ͅp̡̮̗͈̻̣̀̇ͤ̈́e̗̩̬̱͚̼̮̭̠ͮ͒͒ͥͩ̆͛̈͝r̦̹̥̫͕̫̗̖̯͋̈́ͬ̈̉̓̑͐̎͢d̢ͨ́͌͂̋͏͚͙̗̭ḯ̵̠̹̙̻̬̤͓̾̊ͫͯa̶̧̺͓̪̠̝͆͟n̰̭̟̫̂̓ͥ̿̒ ͒ͣ̑́̍̒̃̽̀҉̳͈h̖͓͕̥̯̯̦͐ͭͩͤ͋̋i̸̦̼̰̻̠̲̾̌ͦ̀͝v̸̙̤̹͐̈̎̎͘ͅě̢̳̝͍̝̩͍̇̆ͭͅ-̅ͧͦ̇̚҉̲̹m͆̀ͣͬͮ̍͊̚͏̻̫̫̙i̢̭͎̙͓̺̱̳̣͗̓͗̚̚͡n͇͊̂ͫ̑ͩ̐d̓͊̅̇ͥ҉̢͇͔͇͔̗̪̪̀ ͂̾ͯ̈͋̀̚͝҉͇͇͎̜̯ͅo̼̖͌ͪf̷̵̖̟̀̑ͅͅ ̧̮̥̏͞ć̨̨͖̲͚̯̟̱̖̝̖ͥ̄ͧ͟h̳̠͚̦̏ͩ̈́́͐̇ͧa͕̪̲̫̝̩͋̓̓͜o̸̖͓̟̥̫̻̫̍̄̎ͦ͡s̵̲̝̹̠̹ͩͤ̐ͮ̏̂̕.͚̍̉ͣ ̛̟̙̮̌͋ͣ̍̓ͦͤ́Z̢͕͓̘͉̀͒̑͜a̢͇̞̿͋̽̏̀͞l̖̬͓̩̭͔̊ͫͯ͛g̸̵̙̻̭̣͍̰̮͎ͦͦ̏͌o̩͙͆̽̒̉.̐͂҉̤͇̥̥̘ ̗̫͓͂͑͆ͣͬ͊ͧ̚
̷̡͇̜̯̖̑̍̐̐́̉͒H̉͒ͧͦ҉̢̥̫̟̟͇̤̙̺e͚̹̙̯͚̽̊̂ ̶̣̤̊ͣẅ̙̄́ͤ̊̅͗ͫ̀ͅh̵͎̯̳͓̲͕̏ͦͣ̄͗͗ͨ̽ơ̹͙̯̪̞ͬ̾̿̔͒ͯ̿̊͜ ̜̦̤͇͇̠̬̏̀Ŵ̨͇̦̠͛̋̚a̬̦̳͖̜̤̪̽ͩ͋ͩ̀̍́i̵̱̼̞̮͔̩̮ͨͯ̐ͨ̃ͯ̉ͩͅṱ̷̛̪̟̃̈ͣ̉s̺̲̱̤̓ͬ͢ ̹̙͇̳̙̾ͥ͂̎̀͠B̵̨̺ͭḛ̸̺͙͊͗͛ͧͨ̑͒̚͜hͥͨ̂̍̃̃ͩ̃҉̲͖͈i̧̞̪̻̟̥̼͈͇͌ͥň̶̝͎̝̏̅̈́͛͟d̀́ͪͮ̽̾͌͗̚͏͈̯͔͚ ̷̴̗͇͍ͯ̄͘Ť̢̳̠̳̠̓͊̀ͅḩ̢̯ͫ͌ͯ͊̌ͩͯ̄͠ȩ̵̯̱̼̗̲̲̦͑̈̋ ̵̬̱̤͉͉̞͕̬ͬͫ̓̾͜͞W̡̭̲̱̝͈̺͑͛̒ͅả̝̳͙̩̣̻̬̅͂̅l̊̊ͫ̆͢͏̤͇l̡̝̙͍͕̰͍͋ͭ́̕̕.͉̦͕͓̻̌̅ͫͬ̾ ̥̮̲̣̣̺͎̮̭͌ͧ͒̅͑ͭ̏͘͜
̬̭̺̭̟̖ͪ̔ͯ̚Z̛̝͕̗͚̭̺̲̋̓ͥ̀A̵̘̪̞͕̜ͪͪ̎̅ͤ̒͋̚Ļ̳͔̭̹̆̌G̯͐ͩ̑̓̈͋̿͢O̞̣̯͕̮̤ͪͨ!̤͍̳͑̍͑ͫ̓ͮ̀͟͝ͅ ̠̫̬ͪ̿͛
͓̬̤̤̞͚̦̆̈͌ͣͯ͒͗̊́͝T͇͍̅ͪ̍̔͝ḧ́̄̄̇͌̅͛͊҉̛̟͔͙̗͉̝͝ḙ̵̢̢̲̼̻̪̠͕͎̑ͨͅ ̶̰̩ͥ̅͝ḛ̲ͬ̆ͪ̎͂nͤ̿ͦ͛̂́̅̊҉̷̦͎̘͙̭t̙̟̓̚͝i̠̯̰͉̗͆ͬ͛͌͢͢͝ř͔̜̥̂ͣ̐̍̊ĕ̵̞̬̅̌ͨ̾͐̈́͜ ̴͚͓̬̼̹͆̉̄r̢̋̉̂̿̍̈͐̈҉͕͖̗̘͎͙͜ͅǫ̺̖͒̓͡o̷͍̠͍ͤ̊̑́ͩm̻͖̦͔̖̭ͮ̍ͧ͋̎͢ ̴̸̝̙̦̞̹̞͛̑͋ͭͨͭ̚i̟̙̘̜̱̟̔̍ͅs̨͙͓͔̠͕̠̘̰͂̀ͤ͝ ̺ͯ̈ͣ̒͘f̳͙̦̿̌̏ͮ͞i̡͇̘̲͚͆̾̂ͦl̷̛̰̣͍̮̱̮̣̱ͭ̋̾̓ͥ̀̓l̝̺͖̲̠̘ͯ͑̎̒ͨ̈e̟̯̟͙ͩ̉̾ͫ͗̾́ͪ͒͡d̘͇̭̭̪̣̑͊̉̈́ͣ̏͂̃́͝ ̜͕̈͐́ͦ͂w̡̲̣̠̫̬̿͑̄ͣ͟ḯ̸̧͖̺͓̲̮͉̋̽ͯ̈́͒͂͑ͅt̜̹̗͇͖̤̓ͭ͊͛̆̀̒ͥ͢h̵̲ͣ̌ͣͦ ͣ̀́͏̨̫̜͕͈͓̭Z̸̜̩͉͙̼ͬ̅͗̑̓̓ͨͥa̶̛̲̱̱̤̮͇̓̓̒̓̓͗́l̼͖̠͇͛ͤ̓g̨̼̞̲̣̻͔ͣ͆ͤ͐̆ͪͧ̚o̴̢̡̙̟ͨ̒͐.͔̬̤͓͓̭̯̘͛ͮ͗̎̀̍̇ͦ͛ ̳ͮ̅͑ͩͧ

There is lots of politically and culterally worthy content on 4-chan, albeit mixed with sleazy stuff. Why would AT&T want to ban the entire site? Is this an attempt to silence political opposition from a group that is not extremely corporate friendly? I bet it is…

I will bet that AT&T backs out of its newfangled plans to censor “unfriendly” content on the internet, or it will lose plenty of market share.

Batshit crazy both from a business perspective and the perspective of right and wrong. AT&T actually does to Americans what the Commie party in China WANTS to do with Green Dam? And customers are supposed to pay for that abuse?

However morally questionable and apparently useless 4chan may be, censorship is censorship.

There should be no exceptions. This is infringing upon my right to free speech.

This was not censorship! It was to stop the fallout effects of a SYN attack against 4chan from affecting the AT&T network. The attack at 4chan was not a standard DDoS attack.

Please read about how SYN attacks work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_flood

Knee-jerk reactions based on limited knowledge is all this is.

This is ridiculous and cannot stand. Fight on /b/tards!

This was to be expected at some point. 4chan /b is known for raiding BBS and doing bad things to websites amongst other things. I'm not saying this is right; 4chan itself is not at fault for how their users utilize their service. People don't just “split up” when you take down a site; if there's demand for it as there is in /b, then you get more of it on smaller, more innocuous boards. It's kinda like how every time the RIAA/MPAA buys out a filesharing site and tries to make money on it 5 more sprout up in their place and they lose money.

AT&T … spying on us BEFORE 911. Spying on us since.

Is it any wonder……..

The 'R' word …. you know it will be necessary. Unless you can think of another way to stop these cretins……

Cometbird works…

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.

The solution is easy, boycott AT&T. Cancelling your service and moving to another provider is easy, even for people in the sticks now with services like Verizon VZ Access. If these tards think they can censor what PAYING customers view, show them that they can't, where it hurts.

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