A spokeswoman for the company confirmed to Business Insider that it will lift blocks on platforms when they remove the footage, and said a number of sites still actively hosting the videos are still blocked.She declined to name the other blocked sites.'We have taken this action because we believe it's the right thing to do, out of respect to the victims of this atrocity and their loved ones, to help stop the further sharing of this disturbing video,' Vodafone Australia said in a statement.'We understand users trying to access some of these sites for legitimate purposes may be inconvenienced but we believe an extraordinary response is required in these circumstances.'Read more: Here's what we know about the victims of the mosque mass shootings in New Zealand that killed at least 50 peopleTelstra said on Twitter that it had temporarily blocked 'a number of' sites, which it will lift when it verifies that the platforms 'have removed footage of the attack and who are moderating new uploads.' 'These are extreme circumstances,' it said, 'and we feel this is the right thing to do.'Tweet Embed: ///mims/statuses/1108226242648498176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Update: We’ve unblocked access to a number of sites that have removed footage of the attack and who are moderating new uploads.
This is curious as I’m using the 1.1.1.1 DNS server.Tweet Embed: ///mims/statuses/1107848082228547584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 4chan and 8chan inaccessible on Optus mobileVodafone Australia said in a statement that it had 'placed temporary blocks on dozens of sites' found to be hosting footage of the shootings. The video was later reposted on multiple platforms, including Facebook and YouTube.Read more: A New Zealand shooting survivor, who lost his brother in the attack, found out about the death by watching his killer's livestreamTweet Embed: ///mims/statuses/1107857855342755840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 4chan not loading for me on Optus mobile. Platforms including 4chan, 8chan, and LiveLeak hosted footage of the New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 50 people last week.In response, a number of internet service providers in Australia temporarily blocked sites that hosted the videos.'We believe it's the right thing to do, out of respect to the victims of this atrocity and their loved ones, to help stop the further sharing of this disturbing video,' Vodafone Australia said.Facebook and Google have also been scrambling to halt the spread of the video over the past few days.Internet service providers in Australia blocked platforms including 4chan, 8chan, and LiveLeak after the sites were found hosting footage of the New Zealand mosque shootings that killed 50 people last week.Vodafone Australia, TPG, Telstra, and Optus blocked various combinations of sites including 4chan, 8chan, LiveLeak, Voat, Zero Hedge, and KiwiFarms in the wake of the attacks, Kotaku reported Australian internet users as saying.The gunman who shot up the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch last Friday broadcast live footage of his attack to Facebook.