India ‘WhatsApp child abduction rumours’: Five more lynched
Five men have been lynched by a mob in India’s western state of Maharashtra allegedly over rumours of child abduction…
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WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU
Popular messaging service Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at…
Voices grow against social media ban
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Chathuri Dissanayake The State-imposed thorny ban on social media looks set to drag on till at…
Complaint lodged at Sri Lanka Human Rights Council against social media ban
A complaint has been lodged by the National Movement for Consumer Protection with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka…
Sri Lanka to lift social media blockade tomorrow as situation improves
The Sri Lankan government, on Friday said that a temporary blockade on social media imposed on Wednesday to prevent the…
Social media temporarily blocked to crackdown on hate speech
Social media sites have been temporarily blocked in most parts of Sri Lanka as communal tensions continued in Kandy. The…
Text messaging celebrates 25th birthday
The humble text message has reached its 25th birthday, and it sure has come a long way. The first ever…
WhatsApp down: Messaging app not working for users worldwide
Popular messaging app ‘WhatsApp’ is down, with users forced to switch to one of the many other forms of communication…