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Reports are spreading that AT&T is now blocking 4chan.org's «/b/»-section.
Firing one of the first shots in the net neutrality war, AT&T has blocked 4chan's /b/ image board. AT&T subscribers are unable to connect to /b/ and /r9k/ (both of which are hosted on img.4chan.org). However, subscribers can get on any of the so-called «worksafe» boards that 4chan.org offers.
The problem seems to be present only for wired connections only (AT&T Mobility customers are not affected). The problem is not caused by an DNS-error, as traceroutes indicates that AT&T is dropping img.4chan.org requests in the AT&T network.
Slashdot, Digg & Reddit are now running stories that are rapidly being upvoted about the topic.
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/c...o_img4chanorg/
As citizens of a free internet, what do we think about this kind of censorship?
UPDATED 1:Confirmation comes from several Reddit users that the website has indeed been blocked in a number of areas in the US and that it is not a technical issue.
UPDATED 2: A mere 5 hours after the problems were first reported on Reddit, sources on /b/ say that members of Anonymous has already started planning retaliation towards AT&T - amongst other things posting personal information about AT&T executives. One might quietly wonder if the AT&T megacorp. knows what's it up against - with 4chan often being referred to as "The Internet Hate Machine".
UPDATED 3: It turns out 15.5% of all US internet users use AT&T DSL, so this is quite a big problem. It will severly affect 4chan, both in regards of traffic and advertising volumes.
UPDATED 4: moot, the founder of 4chan, officially acknowledges the ban - calling for disconcerned users to «call or write customer support and corporate immediately»: http://status.4chan.org … Somehow, I get a feeling they're gonna do a lot more than that, moot.
idk if im late with this or w/e, but arent these the dudes you do not mess with on the internet? lol AT&T will prolly regret doing this
Firing one of the first shots in the net neutrality war, AT&T has blocked 4chan's /b/ image board. AT&T subscribers are unable to connect to /b/ and /r9k/ (both of which are hosted on img.4chan.org). However, subscribers can get on any of the so-called «worksafe» boards that 4chan.org offers.
The problem seems to be present only for wired connections only (AT&T Mobility customers are not affected). The problem is not caused by an DNS-error, as traceroutes indicates that AT&T is dropping img.4chan.org requests in the AT&T network.
Slashdot, Digg & Reddit are now running stories that are rapidly being upvoted about the topic.
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/c...o_img4chanorg/
As citizens of a free internet, what do we think about this kind of censorship?
UPDATED 1:Confirmation comes from several Reddit users that the website has indeed been blocked in a number of areas in the US and that it is not a technical issue.
UPDATED 2: A mere 5 hours after the problems were first reported on Reddit, sources on /b/ say that members of Anonymous has already started planning retaliation towards AT&T - amongst other things posting personal information about AT&T executives. One might quietly wonder if the AT&T megacorp. knows what's it up against - with 4chan often being referred to as "The Internet Hate Machine".
UPDATED 3: It turns out 15.5% of all US internet users use AT&T DSL, so this is quite a big problem. It will severly affect 4chan, both in regards of traffic and advertising volumes.
UPDATED 4: moot, the founder of 4chan, officially acknowledges the ban - calling for disconcerned users to «call or write customer support and corporate immediately»: http://status.4chan.org … Somehow, I get a feeling they're gonna do a lot more than that, moot.
idk if im late with this or w/e, but arent these the dudes you do not mess with on the internet? lol AT&T will prolly regret doing this
