First you could Herdict. But for our Arabic-speaking users, Herdict just got a whole lot easier! Now you can Herdict بالعربية (in Arabic) at Herdict Web – Arabic! ONI data shows heavy filtering in many countries across the Middle East and North Africa; from Morocco to Saudi Arabia, countries in the region block sites for [...]

Some Herdict Updates: * Here is a new video with Prof. Z navigating the screen and explaining how to use Herdict. * Helping us get the word of Herdict out to the herd-at-large, Shep has taken on some impressive language skills (and more impressive gender changes) to promote Herdict in a number of different languages [...]

I never tire of listening to Prof. Z and am probably not the only one. For those who were unable to attend any of his classes, panels, and lectures in the past few weeks, several audio interviews are available on the Internet (where else?). * On NPR’s On the Media, Prof. Z talks about the [...]

by Yvette Wohn Speaking at the Berkman Center earlier this year before the official launch of Herdict, Prof. Z described Herdict’s potential as being a real-time tool for mapping web filtering activities around the world. “Should it start producing a map of filtering as it happens, I think it will have a major impact,” he [...]

-by Yvette Wohn Jonathan Zittrain’s brainchild Herdict was officially released today. (Watch the project’s mascot — a sheep — demonstrate “the verdict of the herd” in a short video… does its voice sound familiar?) Herdict is a tool that employs the distributed power of the Internet community to provide insight into what users around the [...]

Herdict Web offers two ways to report inaccessible web sites.  The first is, of course, the Firefox/IE add-on.  Of course, you may not want to download an add-on…maybe you’re using a public computer, or maybe you’re just concerned about the software.  Whatever the reason, we have a solution: The Herdict Reporter! The Herdict Reporter is [...]

Addressing the Herd Herdict Web is a project with global appeal and global reach.  Ideally, our hope is for Herdict to be available to folks all over the world, with translation into many languages and dialects. Of course, we can’t reach everyone…not yet, anyway!  Thus, the Herdict team (which includes the OpenNet Initiative team) has [...]

You’ve learned what Herdict can do for you.  You’re excited about Herdict’s release.  You’ve told all your friends…and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for? The first thing you can do for Herdict, of course, is spread the word.  But more importantly, we want your participation once Herdict has been released.  As I mentioned [...]

I hope I’ve piqued your interest with all of the Herdict buzz. You’re excited, perhaps, waiting with bated breath for the next installment of Herdict blogging. You’re raring and ready to participate. Or perhaps you’re simply wondering, “What can Herdict do for me?” As you know, you can do a lot for Herdict. Your input [...]

Room 221 at The Berkman Center, home to the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) and Herdict, is a lively office constantly abuzz with discussion: of Internet filtering, surveillance, and sheep. But ONI and Herdict don’t just share an office; the two initiatives also share very similar ideals…but very different methods. ONI’s aim is “to investigate, expose, and [...]