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Digital Rights in Sri Lanka: An Overview

EngageMedia Editorial 03/07/2023

This post from the GIF South and Southeast Asia Digital Rights School highlights some key concerns in Sri Lanka’s digital rights landscape: crackdown on free speech, digital divide, online gender-based violence, and disinformation, among others.

In Sri Lanka, state-sponsored disinformation and suppression of dissent taint COVID-19 response

Harindrini Corea 22/04/2022

The Sri Lankan government has capitalised on the COVID-19 pandemic to further its authoritarian agenda, using digital technologies to reinforce a climate of fear and censorship.

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Sri Lanka

Digital Rights in Sri Lanka: An Overview

In Sri Lanka, state-sponsored disinformation and suppression of dissent taint COVID-19 response

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