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China fast forwards censorship; requires prescreening of online videos

China has announced changes to its online video content regulation.  The changes require sites that host online videos to pre-screen user-posted content for material “that is deemed inappropriate.”  China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) issued an official notice of the policy change on July 9. According to Huffington Post, these changes were […]

Heard around the world!

Hey Herdict users – as Jillian notes today, you talked, and Herdict listened. And now Herdict is learning some new tongues. As we work on our Arabic and Chinese language versions of Herdict, we’re also creating — with lots and lots of help from friends — non-English versions of Shep the sheep to help spread […]