We thank the public & media for making it possible to get the voice of nearly 4000 citizens heard, and even tabled in Parliament through our SMS 'e-Referendum'. Await more 'e-Referendums' on key policy decisions of national interest.
it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/…

Reality check 👇👇on #OnlineSafetyBillLK that was voted to become #OnlineSafetyActLK this week. Whose safety does it seek to protect?

#OnlineSafetyBill

#RejectOSB #RepealOSB

During parliamentary debate on Online Safety Bill (OSB) MPs repeatedly pointed to social media posts about themselves and their families, which they felt were unfair, defamatory or abusive, as justification to enact #OSB .

Think a minute: North Korea is the *only* country in the world, to have both a higher number and a higher per capita ratio of soldiers (“armed forces personnel”), than #SriLanka

According to the data shown in Exhibit 2 of this Fact Check, by FactCheck.lk

Too little, too late! When #OnlineSafetyBillLK was gazetted in mid Sep 2023, I highlighted potential disruptions for #lka IT/ICT/BPO/KPO industries & tagged SLASSCOM The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce & FITIS in tweets. Also asked key persons. None wanted to comment, leaving it all to Asia Internet Coalition (AIC)!

Latest interim result from the the SMS 'e-Referendum' on the #OnlineSafetyBill of #SriLanka . For more details: it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/…

VOTE.

This was Bangladesh… this will be Sri Lanka soon. OSB will be a political weapon.

'Between 2019 to 2021, more than 1500 cases were lodged under the controversial Digital Security Act…40.4 percent of all cases were filed by political affiliates.'

himalmag.com/bangladesh-a-t…

Interim result from our SMS 'e-Referendum' on the Online Safety Bill. Voting is still OPEN. For more details, visit: it4psrilanka.org/e-referendums/…

I cannot stress this enough, members of the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) will contemplate a pullout from #SriLanka if OSB is passed in its current form.

AIC members include:
▪️Meta
▪️LinkedIn
▪️Rakuten (Viber)
▪️Spotify
▪️Pinterest
▪️Google
▪️Amazon
▪️X (Formerly

Sri Lanka risks losing Tech Collaboration as Social Media Companies oppose new law newswire.lk/4oav

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#Statement : “මහජනතාවගේ භාෂණගේ සහ ප්‍රකාශනගේ නිදහසට සීමා පනවමින් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අයිතීන් මර්දනය කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව දරන උත්සාහය සාමූහිකව පරාජය කරමු!”

🛑ජනතාවගේ කට වහන නීතිවලට විරෝධය 👉👉 vikalpa.org/wp-content/upl… #OnlineSafetyBill #socialmedia #FOE #HumanRights