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4Chan.org Gets Blocked By Verizon

Popular photo sharing website 4chan.org has apparently been blocked on Verizon connections, we’re learning. 4chan founder by the name of ‘Moot’ posted on Sunday with regard to the issue:

After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are “explicitly blocked.”

No official word has originated from Verizon quite yet, but this isn’t the first time a high-profile carrier has blocked the sharing website. Previously, AT&T blocked the website after a DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack was supposedly coming form the website’s IP. It turned out to be nothing more than a blunder on AT&T’s part. More »

4chan.org Blocked By AT&T

4chan.org, home of perhaps the most popular image boards and message boards on the internet has posted today that AT&T has blocked img.4chan.org:

It’s come to our attention that AT&T is filtering/blocking img.4chan.org (/b/ & /r9k/) for many of their customers. There is no remedy at this time.

If you’ve been affected, I would advise you call or write customer support and corporate immediately.

While there isn’t any official word from AT&T on this matter (yet), it’s safe to say they should be prepared to receive plenty of backlash from angry customers.

More on this as information becomes available.

UPDATE: Looks like access to 4chan may have been restored by AT&T.

[ TechCrunch ]