STATE OF THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA
media. Government noted that the number of women in porn increased which called for concern
by Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili24.
Another case related to circulation of porn is one which led to the arrest of a 28 year old man of
Petauke for producing a porn video for fondling a woman‟s private parts and circulating it on
social media25.
In light of these events and happenings among others on social media, ZICTA on 27 th September
indicated that a team of experts from Facebook were in the country to help the authority curb
abuse of social media26.
Following request by government, a team of experts from Facebook has arrived
in Zambia to help government curb social media abuse, the Zambia Information
Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) has confirmed.
ZICTA Corporate Communications Officer, Hanford Chaaba said in an
interview yesterday that authority was currently having talks with the Facebook
team that arrived in Zambia three days ago.
Mr. Chaaba said with the help of the team, police and various stakeholders,
ZICTA has commenced measures to curb social media abuse.
Mr. Chaaba said social media provided a platform for people with business
ideas and skills to market themselves without the hassle of renting an office.
He said as one strategic institution in managing information Communication
Technology (ICT) the Facebook team that was in the country would help the
country avoid occurrences of abuse and secure the cyberspace.

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Zambia Daily Mail – Women in porn worry state – 22nd August, 2018.
Mwebantu – Petauke Porn producer faces 19 years in Jail „for making katundu video, police say – 10th September,
2018
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Times of Zambia – Facebook team in…experts from online social networking service holding talks with ZICTA,
govt on ways to stop social media abuse – 27th September, 2018
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