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Verizon blocked some 4chan sites

CNET News — Verizon spokesman says carrier temporarily blocked sites associated with online forum to thwart network attacks.
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31 days ago.
See also an update on 2010-02-09: By Blocking 4-chan, Verizon Has Painted A Target On Its Chest

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By Blocking 4-chan, Verizon Has Painted A Target On Its Chest

The Next Web — 4-chan has reportedly been blocked on Verizon Wireless devices. In a statement on the official 4-chan status blog, the site’s enigmatic founder ‘moot’ claimed, “we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are ‘explicitly blocked.’” While it does not appear that the block ...More
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Verizon Blocks 4chan

ReadWriteWeb — According to 4chan's Twitter account and status update blog, they have been "explicitly blocked" by the Verizon Network. If you're unfamiliar with 4chan and why an ISP/wireless company would block it, read more about it on Wikipedia . The high-traffic image board of mostly anonymous users was created by Christopher Poole in 2003 and has been the subject ...More
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[UPDATED] By Blocking 4-chan, Verizon Has Painted A Target On Its Chest

The Next Web Network — Updated, see the end of the post. 4-chan has reportedly been blocked on Verizon Wireless devices. In a statement on the official 4-chan status blog, the site’s ...More
31 days ago.

Verizon Wireless Temporarily Blocks Some 4chan Traffic

Digits — Verizon Wireless said Monday that its recent blocking of parts of 4chan was caused by “potentially disruptive” traffic from the popular site. “Our ...More
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Verizon Wireless Blocks 4chan; You Would Think It Would Remember What Happened When AT&T Did That

Techdirt — Last summer, due to a DDOS attack emanating from IP addresses connected to 4chan, AT&T temporarily blocked access to 4chan... without giving a full explanation ...More
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4chan says Verizon is blocking 4chan

Boing Boing — Verizon Wireless is said to be filtering HTTP traffic to/from boards.4chan.org (all image boards). From status.4chan.org : "After an hour and a half on the ...More
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Verizon Has Blocked Access To 4chan, But What Are They Gonna Do About It? [Verizon]

Gizmodo — Last year AT&T blocked access to 4chan for about a day, due to a DDoS attack against the site. I'd love to hear Verizon's reasons on why they've blocked the ...More
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