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404 Day
The fourth day of the fourth month of the year can be written “4/04.” When you visit a website that doesn’t load, you may see the error code 404. So it is appropriate that this day should b...
https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/herdict/2014/04/04/404-day/
Bing Needs to Explain Its Search Algorithms
This week, Microsoft’s Bing search engine was the subject of accusations that they were exporting Chinese censorship to the rest of the world. And a few days later it still isn’t entirely c...
https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/herdict/2014/02/13/bing-needs-to-explain-its-search-algorithms/
What Happened to the Australian Coalition’s Proposed Opt-Out Filter?
Last month, the governing Australian Coalition had a bizarre and confusing reversal about their plans to impose Internet censorship on both mobile broadband carriers and home ISPs. The Coalitio...
Updated: Resources for Online Anonymity, Encryption, and Privacy
Last year, Herdict profiled some of the best ways to keep your digital self and data safe. Since then, a lot has changed both in terms of what you can do to protect your data and the ways various...
Moderation of Iran’s Online Media Landscape
New websites emerge, and moderates and reformists become active online Since the June 14 presidential elections, a number of new, more moderate Iranian news and analysis sites have launched, and ...
https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/herdict/2013/10/01/moderation-of-irans-online-media-landscape/
KTVU and the DMCA
What happens when an embarrassing clip about a local television station goes viral and the station wants to stop it? When the KTVU Fox News Affiliate botched the names of the Asiana Flight 214 p...
https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/herdict/2013/08/06/ktvu-and-the-dmca/
Increased News and Social Media Accessibility Following Iran’s Election
Herdict data from Iran indicates increasing accessibility of news and social media websites following the country’s June 15 election. Iran was public about its attempts to limit coverage of th...
Data Shows Internet Inaccessibility During Iranian Election
In the lead up to the presidential elections, Iranians grappled with a more restricted Internet. We know the government slowed Internet speeds (again) in the days before the country’s June 15 e...
Tightening Control: Four Scary Things Happening to the Russian Internet
A couple of weeks ago a Russian Member of Parliament Sergei Zheleznyak used the NSA revelations as an opportunity to call for Russia to reclaim “digital sovereignty” and create what he refer...
Iranian Citizens Subject to Internet Throttling and Pre-election Hacking Campaign
One of the biggest challenges for Iranian Internet users is censorship of online communications. ASL19 reports 5,000,000 known websites are currently blocked in Iran. These challenges with access...