Report: Researchers say Facebook doesn't curb hate speech in developing countries
CBS News11 hours agoThe New York Times writes that in Sri Lanka "local media are displaced by Facebook and governments find themselves with little leverage over the company" when users are caught ...
Cricket: South Africa unveil bumper summer ahead of World Cup
Reuters57 minutes agoCricket South Africa have announced their home schedule for the 2018/19 season that will see tours by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, with the focus on One-Day Internationals ...
Our guide to the real home of The Good Karma Hospital: Sri Lanka
RadioTimes14 hours agoSince the civil war ended in 2009, Sri Lanka’s tourist industry has boomed and it now attracts around 200,000 British visitors every year. Sri Lanka is the world’ ...
A Decade After Revolution, Sri Lanka Dives Into Luxury
Bloomberg4 days agoIn 2004 businessman Malik Fernando bought Castlereagh, a decrepit bungalow in the terraced, emerald hills of Sri Lanka’s sprawling tea country. When Fernando closed 13 years ago ...
They thought he was hiding: The story behind the Tamil refugee believed to be Bruce McArthur’s eighth victim
MSN News9 hours agoKey dates in the investigation into alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur© Provided by Toronto Star An old photo of Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnam in Sri Lanka as a young man. Investigators ...
In Sri Lanka, Facebook is like the ministry of truth
Quartz19 hours agoFacebook has replaced traditional media as a source of news in Sri Lanka, with the content itself created by people who use the platform, not by Facebook, which bears little or ...
In Search of Facebook’s Heroes, Finding Only Victims
New York Times10 hours agoWhen we came to Sri Lanka to report on the spate of Facebook-linked violence in the developing world, we thought we’d found ours in a young Buddhist monk from a small mountain ...
Sri Lanka beefs up tourist hotspot security after violence
AFP via Yahoo News3 days agoSri Lanka announced Friday it would establish new police posts and step up patrols at popular resorts after a spate of sexual attacks and violence targeting foreign tourists. Police ...
Facebook Accused of Ignoring Government Warnings Before Mob Violence in Sri Lanka
Fortune17 hours agoAngry mobs of Buddhists in Sri Lanka last month attacked minority Muslims, burning mosques and killing at least one. The sequence of events in Sri Lanka is detailed ...
Report: Facebook Is Fueling Violence in Sri Lanka, and Did Basically Nothing to Stop It
Gizmodo13 hours agoAccording to a Saturday report in the New York Times, participants on both sides of Sri Lanka’s ongoing tensions between the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population and the country ...
