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."

Comments

Do they also block goatse?

[jonadab]

Obviously, Verizon is trying to provide better service for their customers.

Works From Here

[Anonymous Coward]

I was able to connect to boards.4chan.org from a Verizon FiOS connection.

Sadly, it seems that I have contracted Syphilis.

Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED!

[matzahboy]

Pissing off 4chan is probably the worst thing you can do on the Internet.

I disagree: http://xkcd.com/591/

Wouldn't want to work at Verizon support right now

[ZankerH]

"VERIZON YUO HAVE MADE POWERFULL ENIMEY
ANONIMOUSE IS LEEGON"

Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like yelling. Filter error:

Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED!

[sys.stdout.write]

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.

Re:I feel split in this matter

[SilverEyes]

On hand hand this is malignant censorship, the forebode to a society with no free information. On the other hand, this is 4chan.....

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.

that's not now the quote goes

[circletimessquare]

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."

Re:I feel split in this matter

[cpt kangarooski]

Has anybody bothered to find out WHY Verizon took this action?

For the lulz.