Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan

Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan by steveklabnik on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:15PM (#724948)

AT&T has a history of doing stuff like this, apparently. See links below. But you're right, I don't know how they could possibly remain a common carrier.

What I do know is that sometime next week I was thinking about going and switching from Verizon and getting an iPhone. Now, I'm not so sure.

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/08/pearl-jam-censore...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9759184-7.html

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Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan by potatolicious on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:30PM (#724969)

> I don't know how they could possibly remain a common carrier.

They are not. It's a common urban legend that common carrier status applies to ISPs.

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Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan by steveklabnik on Sunday July 26, 2009 @08:04PM (#725070)

I was thinking of the 'safe harbor' provisions of the DMCA, though I guess that really only applies to copyright?

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Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan by dmm on Sunday July 26, 2009 @07:07PM (#725004)

If they aren't common carriers then doesn't that mean they are responsible for everything that goes over their networks?

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Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan by gojomo on Sunday July 26, 2009 @07:34PM (#725033)

There are many other safe harbors in the law; several in the DMCA itself.

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