SECTOR 1 Forum recommended the inclusion of online news publications and blogs in the media law. Draft amendments to the 1990 Law on the Freedom of Social Communication will bring online news publications under the same regulatory framework as newspapers. This would place the creation of websites and blogs under a declaration, rather than licencing, regime. Even so, legal experts expect the planned law to face major challenges. Some of the websites and blogs considered Cameroonian are hosted and run from outside the country and may not be bound by national legislation Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.5 (2008=n/a; 2011=4.2) 1.9 The state does not seek to block or filter Internet content unless in accordance with laws that provide for restrictions that serve a legitimate interest and are necessary in a democratic society, and which are applied by independent courts. Amid growing public anger as a result of rising food prices and plans to remove presidential term limits from the country’s constitution, as well as the popular uprisings driven by social-media in Tunisia and Egypt, authorities in Cameroon ordered the mobile telephone operator MTN to block the delivery of Twitter feeds in 2008. Since then, Cameroon has not made any real attempt to block or filter internet content. Nonetheless, authorities routinely monitor internet content and seek to control it. In 2013, for example, several people were arrested in Yaounde, accused of illegally setting up and running Facebook pages representing public officials and institutions. In the absence of clear regulations - apart from the law on cybercrime and cyber security - authorities use their own discretion to undertake such actions. The police force is currently recruiting officers with ICT skills. Analysts describe the move as evidence that security forces desire to have better control of web content and other forms of electronic information networks. Specialised officers AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER CAMEROON 2014 89