News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis falls from bike during victory celebration - WATCH
The video footage of Mendis falling off the bike went viral on social media with people expressing concerns ... Mendis played a crucial knock in Sri Lanka’s 122-run victory against Bangladesh in the ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Human trafficking and its relevance to Sri Lanka
Sri lanka has remained in the Tier 2 and Tier 2 Watch List since ... Large economic disparities, the absence of a regular living wage and lack of equitable social and economic policy for women are ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka- PM rejects accusations made by Ranjan in video
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected allegations made by State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake in a video he had posted on social media. Ramanayake had made ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka- PM appoints committee to probe statement on monks by Ranjan
The Prime Minister's Office said that the committee will investigate the statement made by Ramanayake and a video he had published on social media. The three-member Ministerial committee will ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Will Sri Lanka bring back the death penalty?
Luke Rohwer was the sound designer. The social media producer is Natalia Aldana. Graelyn Brashear is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Special thanks to Minelle Fernandez, Omar Waraich, Dan Yar and Haitham ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka intensifies the campaign to free Julian Assange
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka are intensifying their campaign to demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka- Popular maths teacher arrested over assault on van driver
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) A popular mathematics teacher has been arrested over an incident where a van driver was assaulted, which went viral on social media. The Police said that Dinesh Nuwan ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka is POSI+TIVE, I am positive
My friend, the oft philosophical Zalmi Fazeel, has a habit of posting wisdom-drops in social media. Some of it is not all that ... so to speak. All true. In Sri Lanka, regardless of a long history of ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Is Sri Lanka using the Easter attacks to limit digital freedom?
These social media posts in the online world led to violence against Sri Lanka's Muslim community. Facebook's response was that several of these posts didn't violate its community standards. Sri Lanka ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka- BASL warns against using FB to promote hate
268px" />The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has warned the public against using social media platforms such as Facebook to spread hatred targeting communities. President of the BASL Kalinga ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Facebook adds new limits to address the spread of hate speech in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
As Facebook grapples with the spread of hate speech on its platform, it is introducing changes that limit the spread of messages in two countries where it has come under fire in recent years: Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In a blog post on Thursday evening, Facebook said that it was “adding friction” to message forwarding […]
News Sri Lanka Social: Investigators from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives gather for regional workshop conducted by UNODC
A three day regional technical training workshop on "Effective prevention and intervention of the use of internet and Social Media by young Adults ... and investigators from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lankan government moves to criminalise “fake news”
The request underscores the unanimity and determination of all factions of Sri Lanka’s political establishment to censor the internet and social media as well as print and broadcasting outlets. The ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka proposes new law on fake news after Easter attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks. The cabinet of ministers approved a proposal by
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka to amend laws to tackle fake news, hate speech on social media: 5-year jail, fine up to Rs 10 lakh
The Sri Lankan Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to amend to the country’s Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to take action against people spreading fake news, including statements that ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Football for Friendship profiles: Sri Lanka, Ghana and Denmark
Gazprom's international children's social programme Football for Friendship (F4F ... we are on the same earth," Ravindu Dias from Sri Lanka told us. Ravindu has been playing for most of his life, ...
News Sri Lanka Social: Fake news rampant after Sri Lanka attacks despite social media ban
Sri Lankan social networks saw a surge in fake news after the Easter suicide bombings a month ago despite an official social media blackout, highlighting the inability of governments to contain disinformation, experts said. A nine-day ban on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram
News Sri Lanka Social: Sri Lanka mulling laws to regulate use of social media: report
The Sri Lankan government is looking at imposing new laws to regulate the use of social media, the Daily News reported Member of Parliament Lasantha Alagiyawanna as saying. The proposed laws, one ...
