SECTOR 1 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: 4.6 (2007= n/a; 2009=4.8; 2011=1.8) 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. Internet content is not blocked by the state for the simple reason that the state has not the means to do so. The state has been known to ask an information site to stop posting content on-line. With the suspension of its print edition for two weeks in 2011 for “violation of the journalistic code of ethics”, the newspaper la Nouvelle Tribune continued to publish information on its site. But the HAAC compelled it to halt further publication of the information until the end of the suspension. Opinions are divided on the question, particularly as regards the context and the interpretations and intentions of the Government’s actions. 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: 74 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2014 2.6 (2007=n/a; 2009=3.6; 2011=3.1)