FIRST Forums shut down! [back up, now]

[DonRotolo]

Seen today when accessing the FIRST Forum:

Dear FIRST Community: Recently, many of the online User Forums within the FIRST community were hit by an increase in ‘spam’ to the extent that we have taken our forums offline to protect our students and the entire community. Forums will be unavailable until further notice while we supplement our current filters with increased protection. All of our FIRST social networks and forums strictly adhere to COPPA laws. However, as the nature of social site content changes over time and as new sites and users are constantly introduced, we will need to adjust content filter software to protect from new inappropriate content, users and their changing tactics. If you are aware of any issues on any of the FIRST forums, blogs or social sites please contact customerservice@usfirst.org or call us at 1-800-871-8326, Extension 0. Thank you for helping us to ensure the continued protection of all FIRST students and the entire community.