4chan “Explicitly Blocked” by Verizon Wireless; Moot’s TED Talk
by Robert Quigley | 10:17 am, February 8th
Blocking 4chan is not a good idea, according to old Internet lore — think “kicking a beehive” – but Verizon Wireless appears to be doing just that.
Just weeks after rolling out new boards, 4chan administrator moot reports on 4chan’s status page that “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.”
Update, 11:10am: In a phone interview, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless says that it’s “nonsense that we blocked [4chan] for any other reason than some unusual activity,” and that the company is working through the situation right now. According to the spokesman, activity that “looked like spam” appeared to be originating from 4chan, and the block was a routine and temporary measure with no intent to specifically target 4chan; he said that Verizon Wireless had temporarily blocked other sites showing odd patterns of activity over the past several weeks.
Update3: Since a lot of people are coming here through Google due to the “moot TED Talk” tag, here’s the (admittedly lo-fi) video of his talk:
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