Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Keeping an Eye on Iran's Post-Election Protests

Berkman Center people and projects have been paying close attention to the role of the Internet and cell phones in the post-election protests in Iran.

OpenNet Initiative releases "China’s Green Dam: The implications of government control encroaching on the home PC"

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released a new research bulletin that reviews the functional elements of China's Green Dam software and explore the possible effects of its implementation on a national scale...

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 1, 2009

The interactive Iranian blogosphere map, the plight of a newspaper subscriber, America in the Internet Age, and more...in this week's BUZZ

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...

The Chinese Internet and Civil Society

Civic Engagement, Deliberation and Culture

The 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference starts today, at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, and a raft of Berkman researchers and friends are participating, along with a host of interesting scholars and others. The conference is being webcast live, and there are multiple avenues for remote participation...

Berkman Buzz: Week of April 27, 2009

A Canadian anti-malware law, the importance of being a dork, the worst places to be a blogger, and more...in this week's BUZZ

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 in China? Yes, twice). Today the team released a flock of new features that will increase the reach and effectiveness of Herdict...

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...