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 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 […]

Followers of Herdict’s progress may have noticed by now that our chosen icon is the sheep. “What’s up with the sheep?” they might ask. “Herdict” is a portmanteau of “herd” and “verdict” – used to mean “the verdict of the herd.” Since the goal of Herdict Network Health is to gain insight into what the […]

This fall the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (and JZ’s new home) will unveil Herdict, a suite of programs that gathers data from users around the world about their PCs’ performance and ability to access websites. Herdict aggregates this information and aims to provide a real time picture of users’ PC health and web […]