Facebook shared results this week from human rights impact assessments it commissioned in 2018 to evaluate the role of its services in Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Director of human rights …
Facebook’s Apology for its Role in Sri Lanka’s Anti-Muslim Riots Should Spark Change
Facebook’s failure to remove hate speech and disinformation during the 2018 riots resulted in spurring on the deadly violence.
SLC requests BCCI not to cancel scheduled tour of Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to explore options as to how India’s tour of Sri Lanka scheduled in July could go ahead, in the …
Nalini, Murugan seek permission to call kin in London, Sri Lanka
Nalini and her husband Murugan alias Sriharan to talk to the latter’s mother and sister over WhatsApp video call for about 10 minutes daily. Justices N. Kirubakaran and R. Hemalatha directed the …
Sri Lanka shares rise on central bank’s stimulus measures
The benchmark stock index closed up 0.6% at 4393.54 ** After markets closed on Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s central bank said it implemented extraordinary regulatory measures to provide liquidity to banks …
TNA seeks release of ‘political prisoners’ in Sri Lanka
TNA spokesman and former Jaffna parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran handed over a list of the detainees under Sri Lanka’s controversial Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) Act to Prime Minister Mahinda …
WFP says 40 percent of primary school-aged children in Sri Lanka too thin
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says 40 percent of primary school-aged children in Sri Lanka are too thin. The WFP and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are …
Hate speech in focus again: Facebook apologises for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government to impose emergency and block Facebook.
Facebook apologises for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
Facebook has apologised for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation found that hate speech and rumours spread on the platform may have led to …
Facebook apologises for role in Sri Lanka’s deadly violence in 2018
Facebook Inc’s lack of a serious response to signs of abuse on its platform in Sri Lanka may have helped stoke deadly violence in the country in 2018, according to an investigation of the social …