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Jul 1, 2011
Berkman Buzz: July 1, 2011
Measuring the impact of journalism, reviewing Google+, who to trust online, and more...in this week's Buzz.
News
Feb 24, 2011
Filtering at the Wisconsin State Capitol
(updated 2/28)
Over on the Herdict blog, a new post about the blocking of DefendWisconsin.org on the guest wireless at the Wisconsin Capitol Building...
Feb 15, 2011
Questions for Secretary Clinton concerning "Internet freedom"
Faculty associate Matthew Hindman provoked an energetic email exchange among members of the extended Berkman Center community today, in anticipation of Secretary Clinton's …
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Jan 28, 2011
Egypt Coverage
A number of Berkman projects and collaborators are keeping a close eye on the state of Internet access in Egypt.
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Sep 8, 2010
Omidyar Network announces grant to Herdict
Grant will be used to build Herdict into a standalone non-profit
The Berkman Center is pleased to share some exciting news: Omidyar Network has announced a planned grant of up to $1.5M to Herdict -- the Berkman Center's crowdsourcing platform…
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Apr 27, 2010
April's "Word to the Herd," from Herdict
New reporting facilities + Country Leadership program
This month's "Word to the Herd" newsletter reports two big developments: country leaders; and reporting website accessibility by email and Twitter...
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Jan 13, 2010
Herdict launches Russian and Persian interfaces
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society announces the launch of Persian (herdict.org/Persian) and Russian (nardict.ru) interfaces for Herdict Web...
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Oct 1, 2009
The OpenNet Initiative reports on Internet filtering in Sub-Saharan Africa
ONI has released new research on Sub-Saharan Africa, including reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009...
Aug 12, 2009
OpenNet Initiative releases 2009 Middle East & North Africa research
The Berkman Center is pleased to share an announcement from the ONI: the partnership has released new studies of Internet filtering in the Middle East and North Africa. Government…
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Jun 2, 2009
Herdict Chinese is live
(updated June 2)
Herdict Web -- Berkman's tool for tracking global web (in)accessibility -- is now available in Mandarin! And, as of June 2, Herdict is seeing a surge in reporting from China...
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Apr 8, 2009
Herdict Web gets bigger and smarter...
Herdict Web -- Berkman's tool for tracking global web (in)accessibility -- has now been in the wild for six weeks! and what wild and woolly weeks they have been (YouTube blocked…
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Apr 1, 2009
OpenNet Initiative: "Freedom House Releases Key Findings on Internet Freedom"
Today on the OpenNet Initiative blog, ONI discusses the release of Freedom House's report on Internet freedom...
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Mar 5, 2009
Report release: 2007 Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Uses, and Tools
The Berkman Center is pleased to make available its report on techniques and tools for circumventing Internet filtering...
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Feb 25, 2009
Herdict Web
the verdict of the herd
The Berkman Center is pleased to announce the official launch of Herdict Web -- a tool that employs the distributed power of the Internet community to provide insight into what…
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Feb 23, 2009
Internet filtering: 2008 in review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to present its Year in Review: a summary of events worldwide concerning the practices and polices of Internet filtering and surveillance...
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Feb 17, 2009
Radio Berkman: Restrictions, Connections, Visualizations
This week on Radio Berkman: Jonathan Zittrain and Judith Donath discuss, respectively, Herdict Web and the "Connections" exhibition at the MIT Museum...
Event
Feb 10, 2009 @ 12:30 PM
Herdict: The Verdict of the Herd
Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team
Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team will present Herdict Web, a tool that seeks to gain insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of web accessibility.
Team
Jonathan Zittrain
Director