COLOMBO (News 1st); The proposed Online Safety Act by the Sri Lanka Government will limit the people's right to expression, and search for the truth, said His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo. He called for such efforts that would carry the country towards a dictator...

Colombo (News 1st) - The world’s largest social media and tech giants have sharply criticized moves by the Government of Sri Lanka to implement regulation of the Internet, stating that "the Bill provides for a draconian system to stifle dissent and Sri Lankans’ rights to expression&...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Opposition lawmaker Dr. Harsha De Silva warned that if Sri Lanka proceeds ahead with the new Online Safety Bill, tech giants such as Google, and Meta would leave Sri Lanka. "This is a completely archaic piece of legislation. It is Draconian. It violates the basic principles...

Colombo (News 1st) - Two prominent heads of government - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen - have been censured for misusing mass media and social media respectively for their election campaigns, foreign media reported. Brazil's Supreme Elect...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry said that there is NO truth to the posts publishes on social media claiming that phone conversations, and social media interactions are being monitored and recorded. In recent day, social media platforms such as Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter wer...