2022-06-15
Rest of World
A look at Watchdog, a Sri Lanka-based research collective that built a fact-checking app and uses open source data to investigate the country's ongoing crises
From protests to power cuts, Watchdog uses open source research to investigate Sri Lanka's ongoing political and economic crisis. Tweets: @sarahbellelin , @aishnazim , @nilchristopher , @vickiturk , @...
2022-05-14
Rest of World
Experts say hacked data shared by Anonymous from various Sri Lankan governmental and other websites has put regular citizens at severe risk of cybercrimes
Leaked data by the hacker collective has put regular Sri Lankans at severe risk of cybercrime. — • COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Tweets: @martijn_grooten , @mskidchaos , and @restofworld Tweets: Martijn Groote...
2019-04-21
Washington Post
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Sri Lanka blocks access to social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook, to curb spread of misinformation after a series of deadly explosions
LONDON — The Sri Lankan government blocked access to social media platforms on Sunday, following a string of explosions that claimed …
2018-04-08
BuzzFeed
The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka
DIGANA, Sri Lanka — When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked access to Facebook last month amid a wave of violence against Muslims … Tweets: @profgalloway , @miqdaad , @rmac18 , @francis_wad...
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