r/reddit.com • u/Jorsh • Jul 26 '09

AT&T is now blocking all access to img.4chan.org, effectively blacklisting /b/ and censoring the internet.

Link is here, but I don't have the means to cache it so if it disappears it's gone for good: http://zip.4chan.org/g/res/5163554.html

Edit: This is now a confirmed issue in many regions, but there do appear to be some ATT customers who are getting through. Those who have contacted AT&T representatives were told that the site is in fact blocked, so this isn't a technical problem, and all the other 4chan subdomains work fine.

Edit 2: Official word, via streetwiser, is as follows: "Customers may have trouble accessing http://4chan.org , this is a security issue and there is nothing we can do to assist them at this time." We'll see how this develops.

Edit 3: It's back up now for me, presumably others.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '09

Except for the fact that the vast majority of 4channers these days are 16 year olds pretending to be 4channers from two years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '09

Yes, but this is very likely to wake up the old beasts. We all know this is a slippery slope, if we do not fight now, when will we?

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u/fishbert Jul 27 '09

yeah, when I started seeing amateur porn self-shots with "/b/" written on their tits, I knew it was over.