The majority of the population cannot afford the devices because of the poverty levels. Lesotho’s telecommunications market is dominated by Vodacom Lesotho, which enjoys 80 percent of the mobile phone market share and Econet Liquid with a lion’s share of the various segments of the fixed market. to advocate for the rights of journalists in the country by challenging potentially harmful legislation. Such lobbying culminated in the eventual adoption of the Media Policy and the withdrawal of the Crime and Cyber Security Bill 2021 on citizens, which sought to limit citizens’ freedom in the use of social medium platforms continues to unsettle the media industry and civil society. (7) In the Internet using population, 86% use smartphones for access, but the cost of devices prevents others coming online. SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION MEDIA REGULATION Spirited attempts to railroad the Crime and Cyber Security Bill 2021, which sought to limit citizens freedom in the use of social medium platforms MISA leading Lesotho has been vigorous campaigns continued to unsettle the media industry and civil society. In its analysis of the Bill, MISA Lesotho warned that the law was a huge threat to freedom of expression, which is enshrined in the country’s constitution It pointed out to possible infringement of the right to access to information, especially by erroneous criminalisation of what could be ordinarily, normal access to information activity or exercise by members of society or the media. Activists warned that the proposed law was not in tandem with technological advances, especially in the information and technology sphere and might be used to snoop on private communication by journalists and ordinary citizens. STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA REPORT 2021 39 Of those who can afford data, 86 percent access it using smart phones. (6)