Editing Communications in Madagascar (section)

====[[Cytrox|Predator Files]]====
In October 2023, ''[[Mediapart]]'' newspaper revealed that the Malagasy presidency acquired the [[Cytrox|Predator]] [[spyware]] in 2021 illegally and used it to spy on several political opponents, including the opposition newspaper, Roland Rasoamaharo, who was subsequently imprisoned. According to two technical investigations, Predator was also used by the Malagasy government during the [[2023 Malagasy presidential election|2023 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Predator : comment le groupe français Nexa a vendu le logiciel espion à Madagascar|url=
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2023/10/12/predator-comment-le-groupe-francais-nexa-a-vendu-le-logiciel-espion-a-madagascar_6193969_4408996.html|website=LeMonde.fr|date=12 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Mediapart1">{{cite web|title=« Predator Files » : le logiciel espion en roue libre à Madagascar|url=
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/121023/predator-files-le-logiciel-espion-en-roue-libre-madagascar|website=mediapart.fr|date=12 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023|language=fr}}</ref>

An investigation by the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes Against Humanity, Genocides and War Crimes (OCLCH) established that the leaders of Nexa and Intellexa exported equipment and software to hack phones to the Malagasy presidency, without any authorization.<ref name="Mediapart1"/>