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[–] bappity@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Sri Lanka will find itself either being laughed at in the face or banned from a lot of sites

[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Great more authoritarian laws becoming the norm

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

FUCK Sri Lanka!!!!

Come at me bro

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sri Lanka? More like PEE LANKA. Come at me bro!!!

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

මොන මගුලක්ද ඔයා මට කිව්වේ පොඩි බැල්ලි?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The government led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe submitted the bill for debate on Tuesday, after which it was passed in the 225-member house, where the ruling coalition enjoys majority.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the bill would create a repressive law with broad and vague “speech-related offenses punishable by lengthy prison terms.”

The Asia Internet Coalition, which has Apple, Amazon, Google and Yahoo as members, said the bill “would undermine potential growth and foreign direct investment into Sri Lanka’s digital economy.”

The secretary of the Sri Lanka Professional Web Journalists Association, Kalum Shivantha, said the bill would severely impact how they do their job.

He said more than 8,000 complaints were filed last year related to online crimes, including sexual abuse, financial scams, cyber harassment, and data theft.

The shortages of necessities have largely decreased over the past year, but public dissatisfaction has spiked after the government imposing new high taxes on professionals and businesses and raised energy bills.


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[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Anyone know what the “prohibited statements” are?