A Web 2.0 database of reported police abuses

In 2005, we developed Musora.Ru — an experimental Web 2.0 portal dedicated to documenting abuses of power by corrupt police officers.

The project was initiated by a group of activists, and we built it pro bono as a socially significant experiment in user-generated content.

Features and highlights

🗂️ A public database of reported abuses, filled in directly by users.
👥 Community-driven moderation and updates.
💬 Integrated forum for discussion and commentary.
🌐 Early application of Web 2.0 principles — structured content created and maintained by the community.
🚪 Eventually closed by the initiators due to the project’s sensitive nature.

Why it mattered

Musora.Ru was a socially charged experiment — and one of our first true UGC-driven projects.

It showed how communities could generate structured data around sensitive issues, long before this became a standard model.

👉 The engine we developed for Musora.Ru later fed into our community systems, proving that user-driven databases and discussions could work hand-in-hand.