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Herdict is Live

Herdict is live. What is Herdict you ask? Why, it is the verdict of the herd! It’s a crowd sourced tool for determining if a site is being censored. Their official statement is: Have you ever come across a web site that you could not access and wondered,”Am I the only one?” Herdict Web aggregates reports of inaccessible sites, allowing users to compare data to see if inaccessibility is a shared problem. By crowdsourcing data from around the world, we can document accessibility for any web site, anywhere. Check out the site. If you are a Firefox user, download the…