State of the media report Q1-2021 MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS25 OUTLET REACH OTHER EDITIONS E-PAPER PRICE Zambia Daily Mail Nationwide Sunday Mail YES K10 Times of Zambia Nationwide Sunday Times YES K10 Daily Nation Nationwide - NO K10 News Diggers Selected towns - YES K10 The Mast Newspaper Selected towns - NO K10 TOP SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS OUTLETS-FACEBOOK26 OUTLET FANS Mwebantu Zambia 1, 366, 786 Zambia Reports 1, 285, 608 Zambian Watchdog 871, 993 Smart Eagles 828, 474 Kalemba 203,652 Overall, the technological environment was stable, with positive indications given by the increase in media outlets, the deployment of innovative technology by media houses and the numerous opportunities presented by ICT consumer trends which could be of benefit to media houses. However, freedom of expression online was threatened by the enactment of the Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Act No. 2 of 2021 given the invasive provisions of the Act and the related chilling effect it is likely to have. This indicates a continuation of some of the occurrences that undermined the technological environment in the previous quarter which was similar in nature. 25 According to an observation of newsstands in selected towns in the quarter under review 26 See https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/facebook/pages/total/zambia 30