SECTOR 1 1.10 The State does not seek to block or filter Internet content unless laws provide for restrictions that serve a legitimate interest and are necessary in a democratic society. Even if the State had the intention, it lacks the legal means to do so. 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 (2006= n/a ; 2008 = n/a, 2010 = 4.6) 1.11 Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. Civil society do work this way but pressure groups are heterogeneous and only take action when press organs are shut down or journalists are arrested, as it was the case on the day of 3 May 2012. Similarly, a large gathering of civil society was organised in 2011, demanding the Minister of Communication to step down after the private TV station TVPlus had been issued a summons by said Minister for having published information on the trip of the Interim President to Mauritius. A group of journalists published a report on the state of freedom of expression in Madagascar in April 2012. The document was notably, circulated among the diplomatic missions in order to draw attention to the bad treatment journalists are subjected to. Overall, one cannot point towards a force within civil society in favour of freedom of the press. It is, however, more active concerning political events. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 77