Freedom on the Net
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Comparison with Other Datasets
[edit]Freedom on the Net's report covers a range of concepts that the other datasets do not, such as new legislation passed, but lacks the country coverage of other datasets.[1]
Expert surveys on the internet by the likes of Freedom House and V-Dem have been found to be more prone to false positives (they are more likely to find uncorroborated instances of censorship),[1] while the remote sensing research by Access Now and the OpenNet Initiative are more likely to be prone to false negatives (they may miss some instances of real censorship).[1]
The Millennium Challenge Corporation used the Key Internet Controls portion of the Freedom on the Net report to inform its country selection process until 2020 when this report was replaced with data on internet shutdowns from Access Now.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fletcher, Terry; Hayes-Birchler, Andria (2020-07-30). "Comparing Measures of Internet Censorship: Analyzing the Tradeoffs between Expert Analysis and Remote Measurement" (Document). Millennium Challenge Corporation. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3967398.
- ^ "Guide to the MCC Indicators for Fiscal Year 2020". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved 2021-06-07.