Crazy ISP /b/ blockers.

If you're one of the unlucky people for whom /b/ is blocked, you'll probably know BT and NTL are the blockers.

My ISP is NTL, and while looking at the source file for the 404 page you get when trying to get to /b/, I found a broken image link with this url:

http://data-ops4-glfd.server.ntli.net/test.img

Going to the parent directory, http://data-ops4-glfd.server.ntli.net, I found some interesting stuff. There's a few .htm files such as this one http://data-ops4-glfd.server.ntli.net/ink.htm , which just contain the phrase  "You should never see this page in real life". Hmmmm....

Looking in the /ehealth directory there's even more random crap, what the heck does this image have to do with.. well.. anything?!?

http://data-ops4-glfd.server.ntli.net/ehealth/1.jpg

This one here looks like it might be one of those 3D-glasses images

http://data-ops4-glfd.server.ntli.net/ehealth/nasa2.jpg

Poke around more people, this is really odd.

I sent an email to admin@iwf.org.uk in protest of their block. Although I doubt this will do anything to stop the BT problem as they seem to have taken it upon themselves to block all of img, I hope this helps:

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Hello,

I wish to make a formal complaint about the inclusion of the URL http://img.4chan.org/b/imgboard.html in your database. I believe it has been blocked due to someone making a complaint about child abuse images having been uploaded to there.

The purpose of 4chan's image-based bulletin boards is not as a paedophile exchange; 4chan is a fairly popular website centred around a common interest in anime (Japanese-style drawing and animation), though bulletin boards for other topics such as origami, television and nature have been added.

In addition to this, illegal content is explicitly disallowed from being posted. To quote the rules page (from http://www.4chan.org/rules.php):

  "1. Do not upload, post, discuss, or link to, anything that violates local or United States law. This will be severely punished and strictly enforced."

And for the section of the website that you have in your database:

  "Illegal content will not be tolerated. Borderline content will result in banishment—don't attempt to push the envelope."

As with any website that allows anonymous, public posting of images to it there is a danger of people using it to share illegal content but the owner and moderators of the website are aware of this and take it very seriously. Having discussed it with them and from seeing it happen, I can confirm that the moderators act swiftly to remove such images from the website.

With all this in mind, I believe that it is inappropriate to include any part of 4chan in your child abuse images database.

Please let me know the outcome of my complaint.

Regards
Steve