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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka
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Human Rights Based, Socially Responsible Use of Social Media [Code of Conduct for Responsible Social Media Use] Read in full Declaration and Other information: socialmedialanka.org
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 3d
Had a good (or perhaps the better word is disturbing!), and wide-ranging conversation with journalist, and documentary filmmaker Surabhi Singh on xAI's profoundly distressing technology, & related issues. | Dangers of AI Intimacy | Who Will Ensure Protection? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjZ...
Dangers of AI Intimacy | Who Will Ensure Protection?
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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
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 29
2 one-day programs on Social Media Declaration (SMD), OSA global technological trends, and related rights including freedom of expression were held in Monaragala. More than 70 participants, including youth and government officials, took part in these programs. shorturl.at/eGDD2 #lka
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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coming to office, the present Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya, stated that the Online Safety Act (OSA) would be repealed in its entirety.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...
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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Therefore, it must be repealed.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
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Sep 2
At the invitation of Tamil members from Sampath Samarakoon‘s Social Media Declaration (SMD) network, which is sui generis in Sri Lanka, spoke to around 150 undergraduate students from University of Jaffna‘s....

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When code meets checkpoints: Lecture at Jaffna University
At the invitation of Tamil members from Sampath Samarakoon’s Social Media Declaration (SMD) network, which is sui generis in Sri Lanka, spoke to around 150 undergraduate students from Univers…
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Aug 29
Another major program in the series of activities linked to the Social Media Declaration(SMD) was held at the University of Jaffna on the 26th, spanning the whole day. The program consisted of two main parts. 👉 www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... #srilanka #lka #EngageSMinSL
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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...
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Aug 2
Social Media Declaration [SMD] | Version 2.0 👉 www.socialmedialanka.org
#srilanka #SocialMedia #EngageSMinSL
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Nagarasa Thanuskanth @thanu997.bsky.social · Jul 20
A new sky, a new platform! Thanks to @sanjanah.bsky.social and @sampaths.bsky.social for introducing us to Bluesky at the SMD training #EngageSMinSL #DigitalFuture
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.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.
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Jul 4
ඉල්ලීමක්!!

#srilanka #GenAI #EngageSMinSL #SocialMedia
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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
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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
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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Jun 5
[With Audio Overview/in Sinhala #NotebookLM ]

“නිහඩව ඉන්න එක මධ්‍යස්ථවීමක් නොවේ, ඒක වරදට හවුල් වීමක්….” නිදහස උදෙසා Madleen නෞකාව ගාසා තීරයට යාත්‍රා කරයි. vikalpa.org/article/44864 #Gaza #justice #FreedomFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #AllEyesOnDeck
“නිහඩව ඉන්න එක මධ්‍යස්ථවීමක් නොවේ, ඒක වරදට හවුල් වීමක්….” නිදහස උදෙසා Madleen නෞකාව ගාසා තීරයට යාත්‍රා කරයි.
[Audio Overview Generate by NotebookLM] ඊශ්‍රායලය විසින් ගාසා තීරය ඇතුලු ප්‍රදේශයන් හී සිදුකරන සියලු අවහිර කිරීම් මෙන්ම ජන සංහාරයට විරුද්ධව, සාමකාමී විරෝධතාවයක් ලෙස ගාසා තීරයට මානුෂීය…
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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
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · May 3
Social Media Declaration [SMD 2.0] | Generative AI | Ethics | Socially Responsibility | Human Rights

#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #EngageSMinSL [More info; www.socialmedialanka.org ]
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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. …
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Mar 11
The protection of the victim’s #privacy is a fundamental responsibility of the media. We must rally against media that neglects this responsibility. #Media #srilanka #Women #EngageSMinSL
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Mar 8
International Women's Day 2025

#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #IWD2025
[More information: socialmedialanka.org] #EngageSMinSL
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.bsky.social · Mar 8
International Women's Day 2025

#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #IWD2025
[More information: socialmedialanka.org ] #EngageSMinSL
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Social Media Declaration - Sri Lanka @smdsrilanka.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. ..
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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
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VIKALPAvoices @vikalpavoices.bsky.social · Feb 7
නීතිපතිවරයා විසින් පසුගිය ජනවාරි 27 වනදා අපරාධ පරික්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට යොමුකළ ලිපියේ නම් සඳහන් සැකකරුවන්,
මාධ්‍යවේදී ලසන්ත වික්‍රමතුංග ඝාතනයට සම්බන්ධ සැකකරුවන් නොවන බව නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත්කරමින් පවසයි. 👇
#srilanka #lka #Lasantha
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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
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