Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · 22d

At a program in #Batticaloa on #SMD, human rights, digital trends & the #OSA - MPs R. Shanakiyan, G. Srinesan, Dr. I. Srinath (ITAK) & K. Prabu (NPP) received the 2nd edition of the All shared positive feedback on its vision for a rights-based digital future.👉 shorturl.at/z9Ulq #EngageSMinSL #lka

3 4

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 12

Submission on Amend the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024 👉 www.socialmedialanka.org/2025/09/12/s... #OSA #srilanka #lka #EngageSMinSL

Submission on Amend the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024 - Social Media Declaration

Prior to the current National People’s Power government coming to office, the present Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya, stated that the Online Safety Act (OSA) would be repealed in its entirety. How...

www.socialmedialanka.org

2 2

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Sep 4

The OSA (Online Safety Act) is a law that, under the guise of the word “safety,” can in fact eliminate the right to criticism.
Therefore, it must be repealed. #srilanka #OSA

2 3

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 IMA Statement

The Internet Media Action (IMA) urges the Sri Lankan government to immediately suspend the summons issued by the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) to photojournalist & human rights defender Kanapathipillai Kumanan. #SriLanka #Tamil #Media #Justice

1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Aug 13

On October 15, 2013, Sri Lanka’s first public conference on “Internet Freedom” was held at the National Library in Colombo.

🛜 Concurrently, the commencement of “Internet Media Action (IMA)” was also marked. At that time, the "Ravaya" Sinhala newspaper (October 13, 2013) reported it as follows: #lka

1 1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Aug 8

ලංකාවේ eNIC ගැන මේ කරුණු දැනගෙන හිටියා ද? Sri Lanka’s e-NIC Project [Audio Overview - Sinhala] 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=NxRj... [ @sanjanah.bsky.social විසින් ලියන ලද ලිපියක් පදනම් කර ගනිමින් #NotebookLM විසින් සකස් කරන ලදි. #eNICsrilanka #lka #SriLanka

ලංකාවේ eNIC ගැන මේ කරුණු දැනගෙන හිටියා ද? Sri Lanka’s e-NIC Project

YouTube video by Vikalpa Sri Lanka

youtube.com

1 1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Aug 5

Global Network Initiative (GNI) Urges Human Rights Reforms to Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act 👉 globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-urges-hu... #OSA #srilanka #lka #FOE

GNI Urges Human Rights Reforms to Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act - Global Network Initiative

The Global Network Initiative (GNI) has issued a detailed set of recommendations to reform Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act (OSA) 2024, highlighting key concerns about freedom of expression, privacy, and...

globalnetworkinitiative.org

1 1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Jul 24

Expanding Teen Account Protections and Child Safety Features about.fb.com/news/2025/07... #Meta #socialmedia #EngageSMinSL

Expanding Teen Account Protections and Child Safety Features

Today, we’re announcing a range of updates to bolster our efforts to protect young people from both direct and indirect harm.

about.fb.com

1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Jun 18

ජාතික මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්තිය පිළිබද,

"දැනට කෙරෙන සාකච්ඡාවලට සහභාගීවීමට නොහැකියි." [ශ්‍රී ලංකා කතෘ සංසදය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා වෘත්තීය ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සංගමය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය ඇතුලු සංවිධාන 6ක් විසින් ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමු කරමින් කියයි.] 👉 shorturl.at/Wgtpf

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Jun 6

එබැවින්, #Gaza බලා ගමන් ගන්නා Madleen නෞකාවේ සිටින ධෛර්වන්ත මිනිසුන් සහ ගැහැණුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් ඔබේ හඩ අවදි කළ යුතුමයි!

හදිසි ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම සඳහා දැවැන්ත සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය සමග එක්වන්න! සම්බන්ධ වන්න 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj
#FreedomFlotilla #srilanka

2 5

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Sampath Samarakoon @sampaths.bsky.social · Jun 6

“We are seeing a systematic starvation of 2 million people. The world cannot be silent bystanders, Every single one of us has a moral obligation to do everything we can to fight for a free Palestine.” Greta Thunberg

#FreedomFlotilla #Gaza
📣 Urgent Action - 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj

1 2 3

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jun 2

A youth group(Tamil Medium) dedicated to digital security and digital rights advocates for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, asserting that it should not be replaced by any subsequent legislation.

[Submission]Audio Overview (AO) - English - by #NotebookLM youtube.com/watch?v=MSgY...

Abolish Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) #PTA

YouTube video by Sampath Samarakoon

youtube.com

2 2

Reposted by Internet Media Action

VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · May 3

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) | journalism 👇
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #Media #EngageSMinSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression

2 2

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Apr 8

I’ve written extensively, since the time the Online Safety Act (OSA) was in Bill stage, against its implementation, and the enduring potential for the law’s weaponisation in Sri Lanka. Read in full: sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t... BY @sanjanah.bsky.social #cargilsbank #srilanka

The weaponisation of the Online Safety Act by Cargills Bank

I’ve written extensively, since the time the Online Safety Act (OSA) was in Bill stage, against its implementation, and the enduring potential for the law’s weaponisation in Sri Lanka. …

sanjanah.wordpress.com

2 2

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Mar 27

ලෝකයේ අද වන විට ඉතාම වේගෙයන් සහ තියුණුව වර්ධනය වන එක් ක්ෂේත්‍රයක් වන්නේ උත්පාදක කෘතීම බුද්ධිය(Generative AI) තාක්ෂණික ක්ෂේත්‍රයයි. එය ඇතැම්විට මිනිසාට සිතා ගැනීමට නොහැකි මට්ටමේ තියුනු දියුණුවක් අත්කර ගනිමින් සිටින.... Read in full: www.vikalpa.org/article/44621 BY @sampaths.bsky.social #GenAI #srilanka #socialmedia #EngageSMinSL @vikalpavoices.bsky.social

Generative AI, නිරුවත් කිරීම සහ ආචාරධර්ම

iMage: Generate by GenAI ලෝකයේ අද වන විට ඉතාම වේගෙයන් සහ තියුණුව වර්ධනය වන එක් ක්ෂේත්‍රයක් වන්නේ උත්පාදක කෘතීම බුද්ධිය(Generative AI) තාක්ෂණික ක්ෂේත්‍රයයි. එය ඇතැම්විට මිනිසාට සිතා ගැ…

www.vikalpa.org

3

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Mar 8

International Women’s Day 2025

#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #EngageSMinSL [ Read in full: shorturl.at/NQ68q BY @witnessorg.bsky.social ]

1 1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Feb 28

Over 17,000 social media incidents were reported last year, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said. Read in full: www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-new... #srilanka #EngageSMinSL #SocialMedia

SLCERT reports over 17,000 social media incidents last year - Breaking News | Daily Mirror

Over 17,000 social media incidents were reported last year, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said. ..

www.dailymirror.lk

Reposted by Internet Media Action

VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Feb 17

On January 29, the Collective for Social Media Declaration (CSMD) sent a letter to the President AKD, highlighting serious concerns over the lack of public disclosure and transparency regarding the proposed amendments to the Online Safety Act

#srilanka #freedomofexpression #privacy #OSA

2 3

Reposted by Internet Media Action

VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Feb 10

වසරකට පෙර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුව හදිසියේම, ඉතිහාසයේ නොවූ විරූ ආකාරයකින් මානව හිමිකම් තර්ජනයට ලක් කරන නීතියක් සම්මත කරගත්තේය. අර්ථවත් සාකච්ඡාවකින් තොරව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවදී, මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතතාවය පිළිබද පනත (OSA) නමින් වූ පනත සම්මත කර ගත්තේය. Read in full: www.vikalpa.org/article/44472 #OSA #srilanka BY @sanjanah.bsky.social

5 4

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jan 30

Collective for Social Media Declaration raises 3 concerns with President www.newswire.lk/2025/01/30/c... #srilanka #smd

Collective for Social Media Declaration raises 3 concerns with President - Newswire

The Collective for Social Media Declaration (CSMD) has expressed concerns regarding three critical matters of public policy and governance thatContinue Reading

www.newswire.lk

1 1

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jan 31

"Concerns around the lack of clarity regarding policy reform, and digitalization projects" [Letter to President Anura Kumara Disanayake] 👉 (S/T/E) shorturl.at/R8Gy1 #srilanka #eNICsrilanka #OSA #Chinese

2 2

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jan 31

'සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශනය සදහා වන එකතුව' විසින් eINC Project ඇතුලු ප්‍රධාන කරුණු 3ක් පිළිබද අවධනයට ලක්කරමින්, පසුගිය 29 වනදා ජනාධිපති Anura Kumara Disanayake වෙත ලිපියක් යවන ලද අතර එම ලිපිය පිළිබද අනිද්දා පුවත්පත ද සිය පුවත්පතේ ප්‍රවෘත්තියක් පළ කර ඇත. #srilanka 👇

2 2

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Feb 1

OSA ඇතුළු ඩිජිටල්කරණයේ ව්‍යාපෘති තුන ගැන විනිවිදභාවයක් අවශ්‍යයි - සමජ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශනය සඳහා වන සාමුහිකය wedabima.lk/union-news/l... by WedabimaL #srilanka #EngageSMinSL

1 1

Internet Media Action @imalanka.bsky.social · Jan 30

"ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සහ ඩිජිටල්කරණ වැඩසටහන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැහැදිලි බවක් නොමැතිවීම පිළිබඳ දැඩි ගැටළුකාරී තත්වයක්"
Anura Kumara Disanayake ජනපතිට ලිපියක් 👉 shorturl.at/aH1Yj #srilanka #eNICsrilanka #Media #Chinese #OSA

1

Reposted by Internet Media Action

Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jan 28

Partner Meetup l Social Media Declaration(SMD) l Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo #srilanka #EngageSMinSL Read in full: www.linkedin.com/posts/sampat...

Sampath Samarakoon on LinkedIn: A meeting of partner organizations related to Social Media…

A meeting of partner organizations related to Social Media Declaration(SMD)/ Version 2.0 was held on the 26th at the GOH in Colombo. During this meeting…

www.linkedin.com

3 3