The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
Issuing a statement...
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Broadly and poorly worded provisions in Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and Computer Crimes Act can be construed in...
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police has requested the general public to refrain from promoting false information on social media individually or in an...
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran has sought a criminal investigation against fake news published in three local newspapers.
In a letter to the...
Image: Dr. Seigu Siyabdeen Mohammed Shafi .
By The Sunday Morning News Desk.
Severe shortcomings and irregularities including the submission of fabricated and falsified facts by high-level...
Social media has revolutionized society. With creative and improved means of communication, live updates become freely accessible, news is as close to you as...
Cabinet approval has been granted to amend the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code to take action against false news distribution, extremist statements...
Image: The Island report according to Minster Samaraweera is a complete lie.
28 Sep 2018.
Minister says CID never made submissions in court that plot had...
Image: It was state controlled Sinhala daily that carried the news.
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday directed Inspector General of Police Pujitha Jayasundara to conduct an...
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April 10th 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is issuing...
The government is discussing setting up an institution to monitor social media usage, Minister of Digital Infrastructure Technology Harin Fernando said yesterday.
He said this...
Geneva/Vienna (3 March 2017) – Leading monitors of freedom of expression around the world have come together to issue a Joint Declaration on freedom...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
Issuing a statement...
Image courtesy of Inter Press Service.
Puyumi Fornseka.
During the first five months of this year, more than 1,200 women dialed the 24-hour hotline: 1938 seeking...
The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
