According to some updated articles, as well as the fact that I can now access the site, it seems that AT&T has lifted its block on 4chan. Apparently AT&T representatives confirmed the block, but explained only that they were just “following the practices of their policy department,” whatever that’s supposed to mean.
At any rate, the site is back up, and there hasn’t been any sort of retaliatory action against AT&T. So maybe I was wrong about how interestingly this would play out, but I don’t think this story is over just yet. We still have to wait and see how AT&T tries to justify or explain away their attempt to censor the internet.
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And once again, it NEVER fails with the incessant lying, as lying is a way of life for these hacker creeps. I salute AT&T for blocking viruses, trojans and nasty spider scripts, as that is what the REAL truth is as to WHY AT&T has flashed the middle finger [blocked] to 4 Chan. Why should AT&T waste time and energy in dealing with viruses, trojans and uncontrollable script programs emanating from the 4 Chan site?
I don’t condone censorship and I certainly don’t condone lies “in the name of lulz”. The only thing 4 Chan has proven again and again, is that they are infantile and violent. A bunch of two year olds who go on tirades. And just like an out of control two year old, they need some REAL hard slaps from the school of hard knocks.
Any consequences or denial of internet access to AT&T customers due to NAZI actions emanating from 4 Chan [or any other hacker creeps for that matter], I pray that they are caught, rounded up, prosecuted beyond the extent of the law, thrown in a windowless cell and locked up forever until the day they die.
I commend AT&T for taking the step forward and I sincerely hope that other ISP’S follow suit ASAP. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Hackers cause destruction, chaos, waste everyones time and energy. Normal people on the net are SICK AND TIRED of these two year old tantrum antics that 4 Chan displays on a daily basis. These hacker creeps really and truly need to GROW THE F*** UP.
You may be right about a lot of 4chan users being “hacker creeps,” but as far as I could tell no viruses or trojans came from the 4chan site directly, but rather from some of its users if they felt like targeting a specific site.
I agree that hackers are bad (to a certain extent, sometimes, depending on what they do), but blocking 4chan is not an appropriate response to them. Hackers are not the only people who frequent 4chan, and while the site’s content is often infantile or tasteless, that doesn’t justify shutting it down. It’s a community where people gather to discuss whatever they want. It’s one of the purest expressions of unfiltered and uninhibited freedom of speech I’ve ever seen, and seeing it shut down really bothered me.
If you’re sick and tired of 4chan’s antics, then you don’t have to go to the site. You can use the rest of the internet and completely ignore it. But that doesn’t mean that people who want to access it should be denied that right.