IPI COVID-19 Press Freedom Tracker

Amid the spread of COVID-19, the free flow of news and information is more essential than ever. IPI‘s COVID-19 Tracker monitors attacks on journalists and the press worldwide linked to the pandemic. It covers the following categories: Arrests/charges; Censorship, False news regulation passed during COVID-19; Restrictions on access to information; Surveillance/endangering Source Protecion, and Verbal, online or physical attacks.

Main characteristics


  • Not apply (N/A)

Source

  • International Press Institute (IPI)

More information about the dataset

  • Quantitative & qualitative
  • Crowdsourcing
  • 2020
  • 2022