thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 http://encyclopediadramatica.com/AT%26T_Blocks_4Chan Hopefully anon excutes this one right. Working for a large isp I am 100% postive any hackersk DDOS script kiddie bullshit is not going to affect anything. This needs media attention and legit resources to fight this one. Put the mature hat on. /B/ Don't fuck this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 ZOMG COMMIE CHINA It's coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Whats 4chan and why should anyone care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Whats 4chan and why should anyone care? WTF is this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Do you want your isp to decide what you can and cannot surf? What if you came home from work sat down at your pc went to goto columbusracing.com and could not. Because your internet provider decided since members from CR got busted streetracing the site is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 i guess if they did that I'd just get a new service provider.... AT&T's internet is slow anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 i guess if they did that I'd just get a new service provider.... AT&T's internet is slow anyway Exactly. That is why there is a thing called competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan is full of child pornography in the "b" channel or w/e. such a vulgar site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well why would they take the risk of not getting my money just to tell me what I can and cannot see. I can call my isp now and tell them I am cancelling my service and be offered 3 free months of it. I dont think their going to risk pissing people off or should I say risk losing income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan is full of child pornography in the "b" channel or w/e. such a vulgar site Tell me this isnt true? if it is I find no need to object. HOWEVER, thorne as compassionate as you are on so many subjects i can see your point. I wouldnt want ANYONE restricting anything I see regardless of what they deem neccessary. Mensan, I honestly have no fucking clue what 4chan is therefore i made the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well why would they take the risk of not getting my money just to tell me what I can and cannot see. I can call my isp now and tell them I am cancelling my service and be offered 3 free months of it. I dont think their going to risk pissing people off or should I say risk losing income. Bringing up a good point. theres plenty of competition out there. If you feel it neccessary to boycott a certain ISP b/c they censor (i know its wrong) a certain site then choose from one of the many other options on the market, simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan has been getting slammed by DDoS attacks too http://status.4chan.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicranium Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan is full of child pornography in the "b" channel or w/e. such a vulgar site CP is the main thing they care to censor. Yes, it gets posted on there. But it gets deleted almost immediately and the user(s) get banned. 4chan has been used for good in the past. They helped prevent a school shooting once or twice. I'd say AT&T is in favor of school shootings if they let this continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 CP is the main thing they care to censor. Yes, it gets posted on there. But it gets deleted almost immediately and the user(s) get banned. 4chan has been used for good in the past. They helped prevent a school shooting once or twice. I'd say AT&T is in favor of school shootings if they let this continue. Dont forget them saving "kenny" the cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan is full of child pornography in the "b" channel or w/e. such a vulgar site 4chan moderates /B/ and even thought CP may get posted at times it does get removed. CP is also posted to many of the other chans out there including christian sites that Pedos over run and spam. Does that mean they should be banned too? CP is bad no disagreeing but I don't believe in censoring the internet. First they came for the pedophiles, and I did not speak out, because I was not a pedophile. Then, they came for the pirates, and I did not speak out because I was not a pirate. Then they came for anonymous, and I did not speak out because I was not anonymous. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me. -Most ^ I think that is a good post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 and they fought scientology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Shields down it looks like there may have been some type of ddos they attacked or its a cop out who knows but this was quite scary as a netizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 a netizen, interesting word thorne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Whats 4chan and why should anyone care? HOWEVER, thorne as compassionate as you are on so many subjects i can see your point. I wouldnt want ANYONE restricting anything I see regardless of what they deem neccessary. Mensan, I honestly have no fucking clue what 4chan is therefore i made the post. You answered your own question. A) I can't believe anyone on CR has not heard of that site, and B) I can't believe anyone would not care about censorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Unblocked, AT&T's official word is that it was blocked due to it's IP address being used in massive DDoS attacks, even though someone was spoofing that IP address in the first place. 4chan is always broken anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 4chan moderates /B/ and even thought CP may get posted at times it does get removed. CP is also posted to many of the other chans out there including christian sites that Pedos over run and spam. Does that mean they should be banned too? CP is bad no disagreeing but I don't believe in censoring the internet. First they came for the pedophiles, and I did not speak out, because I was not a pedophile. Then, they came for the pirates, and I did not speak out because I was not a pirate. Then they came for anonymous, and I did not speak out because I was not anonymous. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me. -Most ^ I think that is a good post Thorne...what the flying fuck is /B/?!?!?!? I've never heard of this..now I have heard of /b/...and yes, anon is that specific about not capitalizing it. Oh and your reference the "Christchan" is in vein, as it was /b/ that overran that site and flooded it with CP. I happened to actually witness it the night it happened...aside from the CP it was epically hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 And so it comes to a close. From the 4chan status page: Monday, July 27, 2009 Here's what happened: For the past three weeks, 4chan has been under a constant DDoS attack. We were able to filter this specific type of attack in a fashion that was more or less transparent to the end user. Unfortunately, as an unintended consequence of the method used, some Internet users received errant traffic from one of our network switches. A handful happened to be AT&T customers. In response, AT&T filtered all traffic to and from our img.4chan.org IPs (which serve /b/ & /r9k/) for their entire network, instead of only the affected customers. AT&T did not contact us prior to implementing the block. Here is their statement regarding the matter. In the end, this wasn't a sinister act of censorship, but rather a bit of a mistake and a poorly executed, disproportionate response on AT&T's part. Whoever pulled the trigger on blackholing the site probably didn't anticipate [nor intend] the consequences of doing so. We're glad to see this short-lived debacle has prompted renewed interest and debate over net neutrality and internet censorship—two very important issues that don't get nearly enough attention—so perhaps this was all just a blessing in disguise. Aside from that, I'll also add that there is some big news due later this week. Keep an eye on the News page, Twitter, and global message for updates. As always, I can be reached at moot@4chan.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Yeah I was happy to see it was not direct censorship. I'm also happy people were willing to fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 fuck 4chan... that shit is mad confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 It's borderline anarchy, but what's so confusing about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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