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Verizon Blocking 4chan
An anonymous reader writes "According to 4chan's owner and administrator 'moot,' Verizon has explicitly blocked all traffic on their network from boards.4chan.org, where all of 4chan's boards are located. Moot explains that only traffic to and from port 80 is being dropped and they were able to confirm that it was intentional. 4chan's downtime for Verizon users has been in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7."
Obviously, Verizon is trying to provide better service for their customers.
Cut that out, or I will ship you to Norilsk in a box.
I'm 12 years old and what is this?
I was able to connect to boards.4chan.org from a Verizon FiOS connection.
Sadly, it seems that I have contracted Syphilis.
On hand hand this is malignant censorship, the forebode to a society with no free information. On the other hand, this is 4chan.....
I was going to say the same thing. I am torn between condemning them or nominating them for a Nobel Prize for acting for the good of all humanity.
XML is a known as a key material required to create SMD: Software of Mass Destruction
moot is not known for that kind of crap.
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It has also been confirmed by many vzw customers.
$7.95/mo, 200 GB disk, 2TBxfer, MySQL, PHP, RoR.
Pissing off 4chan is probably the worst thing you can do on the Internet.
I disagree: http://xkcd.com/591/
"VERIZON YUO HAVE MADE POWERFULL ENIMEY
ANONIMOUSE IS LEEGON"
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like yelling. Filter error:
they'll become liable for any copyright infringement going on their network because they're showing that they are actively monitoring and controlling data, instead of acting as a neutral data routing service
Some people simply say that they are not a lawyer, rather than feeling the need to prove it dramatically.
Get it right, you can sue for OVER 9000! dollars.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Sorry, your analogy doesn't work as it doesn't reference cars in any way.
Some days I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
First they came for 4chan, and I did not speak out -- because I was not a 4chan member...
Then they came for... well, they didn't come for anyone else. There wasn't really a good, next logical step in the continuum. The rest of the Internet was safe. Story over.
Interesting.
andnothingofvaluewaslost
Actually knowing 4chan they're just as likely to do something utterly productive as they are utterly pointless.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
Here, same as always.
Violence is like duct tape. If it doesn't solve the problem, you didn't use enough.
between your comment and your sig
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
They are very pro-darwinian
I don't think Darwin ever imagined the "fittest" natural creatures to mean "teenagers who perpetually sit in front of their computers, typing the exact same phrases and posting the same pictures every single day"
FYI This would effect any Verizon wireless device, unless it routes traffic through a proxy, like a blackberry.
Who would use a blackberry as a proxy? That just seems stupid.
Bow-ties are cool.
the correct quote is
"First they came for 4chan, and I did not speak out--because I was looking at boobies;
Then they came for fark, and I did not speak out--because I was looking at boobies;
Then they came for slashdot, and I did not speak out--because I was looking at boobies;
Then they came for the boobies-and I started building truckbombs, mailing anthrax, and hijacking airplanes."
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Remember we're talking about posters to 4chan here:
"Mum, can we move house?"
"Why?"
"So I can look at stuff a million times worse than what you imagine to be the worst possible thing I could look at on the web"
Has anybody bothered to find out WHY Verizon took this action?
For the lulz.
-- This and all my posts are in the public domain. I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.
yea moot is know but for other type of crap...like allowing CP on his board.
[citation need....
I mean SAUCE!
Always back up, never back down. ---- Think you're cool 'cos your uid is prime? Take mine, modulo the one digit integers
I herd u liek mudkipz
Wow, win/win --- they'll have to deal with my angry mom, and I won't have to. :-)
(uhh, if you're reading this, sorry, Mom)
Canada.
by Shaman (1148)
Wow, not just a troll but a professional elderly troll!
*bow*
Help stamp out iliturcy.