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A Herdict Experiment for Wisconsonites

There’s a great follow-up piece on Tech President about the blockage on the guest wireless of the Wisconsin Capitol, including a quote from our blog post about it.  One of the possibilities raised there is that the Wisconsin Capitol uses a Websense product on its guest wireless, and DefendWisconsin.org was blocked as a result of […]

Filtering at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Here at Herdict, we spend a lot of time looking at website blockages abroad, whether it be complete network shutdowns in Egypt or the ongoing blockage of sites like Youtube in China.  But blockings occur at home as well, where their unexpected nature can make them a lot more insidious.  For example, Amtrak offers wireless […]