Lately, AT&T had stirred a hornet’s nest when it decided to block access to some of the most popular message boards of a popular website called 4Chan. This move on part of AT&T created a widespread unrest and angered users all across the globe. However, in a recent update, AT&T has announced that, it has restored access to the blocked links and is no longer in any ways restricting the popular website. 4Chan is a widely popular website, that works on the principles of message boards, quite like forums. AT&T had blocked some parts of the websites, to all its subscribers in the United States.
AT&T has not given a clear explanation as to the motive behind this move, but has stated that, blocking of 4Chan was a part of the policies laid out it policy department. AT&T said that, it had also been trying to get in touch with the administrators of 4Chan, a statement that has been strongly denied by the owner of 4Chan. Also, the AT&T has refused to disclose the reasons behind the blockage of 4Chan and said, that inspite of repeated requests, 4Chan failed to made certain changes in its website, that were asked by AT&T management.
Even with the freedom to operate is back in 4Chan’s bag, yet it is not able to function properly. This is due to the fact that, the website is currently under a heavy DDos (Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attack) attack. Due to this latest inconvenience, the website although sometimes operational, is still down with other issues plaguing it as well.
Via TechCrunch.
Posted by Rajeev Saxena on July 27, 2009 in Business, Internet and New Media · 1 Comment
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.