ATandT Blocks 4chan, Will Regret it.

So the internet has been a buzz the past couple days because AT&T did something very stupid over the weekend, it blocked 4chan.org's IP address from it's users. 4chan.org, which is famous for starting LOLcats and attacking Scientology every chance it gets, realized what AT&T did and started an enormous shit-storm. The story received over 10,000 Diggs by Monday morning and AT&T was quick to reverse what it had done and issue a PR statement about how it was a temporary action due to attacks coming from the 4chan site. Moot, the anonymous owner of 4chan, put out a statement calling for restraint in how 4chan's often malicious users handle AT&T's actions. Moot called for a sustained flood of calls to the AT&T call centers, where users could ask why this had been done. At one point yesterday AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson's personal contact information was release and spread across the net and a story of his death circulated on CNN's iReport: http://static.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=4a6da59be29efc711abb8eea.

A post on Moot's blog says that the whole incident was a misunderstanding and that AT&T's move was not a "sinister act of censorship". Still it will be interesting to see what, if any, retaliation comes from 4chan's users. In the past, Anonymous has hacked Sarah Palin's e-mail account, caused Apple stock to drop after a fake story about Steve Jobs death, screwed with Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list, and generally screwed with Scientology.

Way to go AT&T.