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India ‘WhatsApp child abduction rumours’: Five more lynched
WORLD

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/07/2018
WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU
WORLD

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly25/04/2018
Voices grow against social media ban
LOCALMain Story

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly13/03/2018
Complaint lodged at Sri Lanka Human Rights Council against social media ban
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/03/2018
Sri Lanka to lift social media blockade tomorrow as situation improves
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/03/2018
Social media temporarily blocked to crackdown on hate speech
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/03/2018
Text messaging celebrates 25th birthday
Feature

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/12/2017
WhatsApp down: Messaging app not working for users worldwide
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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…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/11/2017

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