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: Score of previous years: ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ 1.3 2006: 1.6; 2008: 1.5; 2010: 2.3; 2012: 1.5; 2016: 1.6 1.8 Websites, blogs and other digital platforms are not required to register with or obtain permission, from state authorities A website dealing with general information (such as entertainment and online sales) can be created freely. The situation is different for information websites. The online media organisation is required to supply the digital identifier of the site as well as the identity of its administrator to ANRCM and the Ministry of Communication and Culture (MCC). In order for journalists of online information sites to enjoy the advantages designed for press professionals, such as a press card, the Communication Code also requires a declaration.16 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: Score of previous years: ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ 2.7 2006: n/a; 2008: n/a; 2010: 4.9; 2012: 4.8; 2016: 4.7 NB: Here, opinions are divided: some members of the panel stressed freedom and the declaration system, others stressed the lack of proper regulation. 16 Article 100 of the Communication Code. 18 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 2019