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Verizon Wireless Blocks 4chan Website

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Evadman

Evadman

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Barfo said:
who cares?
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Anyone who believes in their rights, and the inherent "ISP's don't filter my content" basis of the internet. It is my decision what I want to look at. Granted 4chan sucks hard core, but that doesn't give an ISP the right to block it.
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

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The site comes up on my Droid. However, in both the default and the Dolphin browsers the popup disclaimer for /b/ wants to scoot offscreen and I can't seem to press the "I Agree" button. Either I suck at pressing buttons or the browser sucks at displaying that 4chan content.

But there doesn't seem to be a block for me.
 
her209

her209

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Kadarin said:
The site comes up on my Droid. However, in both the default and the Dolphin browsers the popup disclaimer for /b/ wants to scoot offscreen and I can't seem to press the "I Agree" button. Either I suck at pressing buttons or the browser sucks at displaying that 4chan content.

But there doesn't seem to be a block for me.
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I believe you have to go to one of the subforums that uses the img servers.
 
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rasczak

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given that the site is rampant with cp it makes sense for the ISP to block it. it's probably more of a business decision rather than a moral issue anyway.
 
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SirStev0

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I don't have verizon wireless and the only decent amount of time I have ever spent on 4chan was on robot (/r9k/) and that was solely out of curiosity for originality engine that apparently Randall from xkcd wrote for them.

With that said, I feel just like when AT&T did it a while back that I should register a complaint.

TBH internet censorship is at our door. The breaking point one way or another is going to happen in the next few years. I won't be surprised if we are Australia soon and we can't enjoy porn with the key word small breast.
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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Somewhere in the Verizon cubicles and NetAdmin is chuckling to himself "U RAGE U LOSE"
 
nerp

nerp

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Who the fuck needs to screw around on that scummy site on their cell phone, anyway?
 
SphinxnihpS

SphinxnihpS

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spidey07 said:
Read your contract. Perfectly fine for them to do so.
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Quite simply, most every consumer services contract written is null and void ab initio due to them containing adhesive clauses. Adhesive clauses are clauses that state something to the effect of, this contract/agreement was created by both parties, meaning that when you sign it you are agreeing that you helped draft the damn thing. Of course this is almost always false.

You won't get anywhere with a customer service person citing this (or a vice president for that matter), but if you were to take a dispute over one of these to the mat, you will probably prevail in court.

A contract of adhesion is a, take it or leave it contract, i.e. "These are our terms, if you don't like it, hit the bricks!"

In court these do not hold up because there is no meeting of the minds, which is the primary quality of a valid contract.

So let's say you bring suit to Verizon and win, do they unblock 4chan? No. you get a refund. So they can block it; you just don't have to put up with it, but to say it's "perfectly fine" for them to do so is false.
 
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