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AT&T Blocks Part of 4chan
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.
Well, I'd reverse the polarity of the main deflector dish, of course
There are smarter ways to disable 4chan, like this one
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
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
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.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Destruction as a form of protest only hurts themselves and other innocents.
"Other innocents"?
You've never actually visited /b/, have you?
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.
"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."-- Fred Hampton
/b/tard: What happen ?
/arcanine/: Somebody set up us the null'd packets.
/b/tard: What !
/b/tard: It's You !!
/b/tard: What you say !! You'd best be trollin'
....
/b/tard: Take off every 'anon' !!
/b/tard: You know what you doing.
/b/tard: Move 'anon'.
/b/tard: For great justice.
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