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Herdict helps users determine Internet inaccessibility around the world. A project of Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society (@BKCHarvard).

Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2008
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Today is American Assoc. of School Librarians' Banned Websites Awareness Day. Learn more about censorship in schools ala.org/aasl/advocacy/bwad
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Today the @thenetmonitor launches their interactive dashboard, including Herdict data dashboard.thenetmonitor.org/…
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In Iran, where Twitter is blocked, Ayatollah Khamenei rebukes US for government response in #Ferguson - on Twitter blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts…
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A mysterious quirk in Google Translate had Lorem Ipsum filler text carrying political messages about China and NATO krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/…
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron: Anyone found with ISIL flags will be arrested telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne…
Chinese censorship is all part of the game as Tencent’s user base and profits grow via @qz ow.ly/AhGZg
Can Dushanbe keep a lid on the Internet? ow.ly/AhzVZ
Do wars justify censorship? go.shr.lc/1upgsdQ
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The Ukrainian parliament has approved a potentially invasive draft law ow.ly/Ag8L4
Iran's netizens are imagining new, inventive ways around Internet censorship ow.ly/Ag8IY
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Are pussycats the best way to fight Internet censorship? ow.ly/Ag8FM
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Access to the Firat News Agency has been blocked in South Kurdistan ow.ly/AdPKK
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A country-wide Facebook block is increasingly a threat in Malaysia after Mahathir's censorship calls ow.ly/AdPwF
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The Thai junta has banned a fantasy game that envisions what it's like to live inside a military dictatorship ow.ly/AdPEh
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Russians can no longer access public wifi anonymously, via @runetecho globalvoicesonline.org/2014/…
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China tightens restrictions on messaging apps to "help build a clean cyberspace" online.wsj.com/articles/chin…
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Jimmy Wales: right to be forgotten is "censorship" theguardian.com/technology/2…
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The Russia-Ukraine Internet Censorship War Rages On, via @motherboard motherboard.vice.com/read/th…
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.@GCNtech talks Herdict and a new project out of Georgia Tech to track web filtering gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/…
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