Introduction to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) refers to coordinated efforts by foreign actors, usually states, state-linked organisations, or individuals, to influence public opinion, political decisions, social stability, or democratic processes in another…
Following the Pahalgam attack in April 2025, which claimed 26 lives and reignited tensions in Kashmir (BBC News, 2025), the online landscape of propaganda and misinformation in South Asia experienced a dramatic escalation. In this volatile environment, India and Pakistan,…
அண்மைய நிலவரங்களின்படி 2024 ஆம் ஆண்டானது தேர்தல்களுக்கு மிகவும் முக்கியமான ஆண்டாக இருக்கலாம் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது. குறைந்தபட்சம் 64 நாடுகளில் (மற்றும் ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியத்தில்) தேசியத் தேர்தல்கள் நடைபெற உள்ள நிலையில், உலகளாவிய ரீதியில், வரலாற்றில் எப்போதும் இல்லாத அளவிற்கு 2024இல் அதிகமான வாக்காளர்கள் வாக்களிக்கச் செல்வார்கள் என்று டைம் பத்திரிக்கை செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. ஒருங்கிணைந்த…
2024 වර්ෂය මුළු ලොවටම වැදගත් වන මැතිවරණ වසරක් බවට කෙනෙකුට තර්ක කළ හැකිය. ‘ටයිම්ස්’ සඟරාව පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් මස වාර්තා කළේ, ගෝලීය වශයෙන් ගත් කළ, ඉතිහාසයේ කවදාටත් වඩා වැඩි ඡුන්දදායකයින් ප්රමාණයක් 2024 දී ඡුන්දය ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ ක්රියාවලියට සහභාගී වන බවත්, අවම…
Arguably, 2024 could be the most significant year for elections in recent memory. Last December, Time Magazine reported that globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls in 2024, with at least 64 countries (plus the…
There are several ongoing discourses on the benefits of improving women’s health and gender equality at international and national levels. Women’s health can be taken as a key indicator of gender equality in a country. The Gender Inequality Index (GII)…
Free healthcare and education form the bedrock of social welfare in Sri Lanka. A majority of the population depend on these services. Healthcare in Sri Lanka reached several milestones over the years with achievements like eradicating malaria, leading preventive care…
The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (the “MMDA”) is a law compiling the bulk of Muslim family law applicable to all Sri Lankan Muslims. It includes provisions relating to Muslim marriages and divorces and was enacted in 1951. The MMDA…
The cultural, social, and political ties between Sri Lanka’s North and Eastern provinces and neighbouring India have remained strong throughout history. However India’s influence has become increasingly evident and undeniable in recent times, particularly as the use of social media…
In the year 2023, the widespread growth of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools globally became a notable phenomenon. This led to the swift evolution and reshaping of the content creation landscape, driven by the widespread accessibility of numerous generative AI…
The economic crisis brought severe challenges to all the citizens of Sri Lanka leading to mass scale protests across the country. Sri Lanka’s economy came to a standstill in 2022 when the country had to default on its debt payment…
The Sri Lankan Government officially gazetted a bill titled ‘Online Safety’ on 15 September 2023. Subsequently, in October, the Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, presented the bill in Parliament. However, since its introduction, the legislation faced intense criticism from…
The International Women’s Day and the Women’s History month falls on March each year, and it feels timely to take stock of the still-growing need for preventative action to tackle gendered harm. Gender Based Violence (GBV) is defined as any…
Sunera Bandara examines Sri Lanka’s manipulation of free speech laws to curb dissent and target minorities, revealing a concerning shift where legal protections are twisted to serve state and majoritarian interests. Written by Sunera Bandara, freelance journalist, Sri Lanka The…
මාර්ගගත ක්රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබද පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන සාකච්ඡාව අලුත් වටයකින් ආරම්භ වී තිබේ. පනත් කෙටුම්පත ජනවාරි 23 වැනිදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ අමාත්ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා ජනවාරි මස මුල් සතියේ දී පැවැසීය. කුමන පීඩනයක් එල්ල වුවත්…
Understanding what’s happening in Gaza The Gaza Strip, a region of immense historical and political significance, is currently mired in yet another tragic episode. At the time of writing, over 13,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza, with 4,609…
මාර්ගගත ක්රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබඳ පනත් කෙටුම්පත සැප්තැම්බර් මස 18 වැනිදා ගැසට් පත්රයක් මඟින් ප්රසිද්ධියට පත් කෙරුණි. මෙම පනත් කෙටුම්පත ගැසට් පත්රයක් මඟින් ප්රසිද්ධියට පත්වීමට පෙර ම ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අන්තර්ජාලය හා භාෂාණයේ නිදහස පිළිබඳ උනන්දු බොහෝ දෙනා අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් ඇති විය.…
(தெற்கு மற்றும் தென்கிழக்காசிய குடியியல் சமூகத்துக்கான வழிகாட்டி.) URL: இன்றைய நவீன சமூகத்தில் இணைய அணுக்கலானது அன்றாடவாழ்வில் இன்றியமையாத அங்கமாக உள்ளது. வணிகம் மற்றும் பணப்பரிமாற்றங்களை மேற்கொள்வது முதற் கொண்டு மற்றவர்களுடன் தொடர்பு கொள்வது மற்றும் நிகழ்நிலைக் கற்றல்கள் இணையவழிமூலமே இடம்பெறுகின்றது. அத்துடன் இணையத்துக்கான அணுகல் முடக்கப்பட்டால்- சில தெற்கு மற்றும் தென்கிழக்காசிய…
(දකුණු සහ අග්නිදිග ආසියාතික සිවිල් සමාජයන් සඳහා මාර්ගෝපදේශයකි) URL: ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ලක් වී ඇති වත්මන් සමාජය තුළ, අන්තර්ජාලයට ප්රවේශ වීම දෛනික ජීවිතයේ අත්යවශ්ය අංගයකි. ව්යාපාරික කටයුතු, මූල්ය ගනුදෙනු සිදුකිරීමේ පටන් සන්නිවේදන කටයුතු සහ අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ අධ්යාපනය ලැබීම දක්වා එය පැතිර…
Introduction In today’s interconnected world, access to the internet has become essential for economic, social, and educational growth and opportunities. Yet, despite this global growth of digital technologies, the UN reported that in 2021, nearly half of the world’s population…
2021 පෙබරවාරි මස 11 වන බ්රහස්පතින්දා කොළඹ- ශ්රී ලංකාව දේශපාලන බල අරගලයේ එක් පියවරක් ලෙස පී2පී පාගමන නිදහසින් පසු වසර 30 ක් පමණ ගත වූ තැන සිට මෙරට දේශපාලන බලාධිකාරයේ බොහෝ වෙනස්වීම් සඳහා බලපෑ තීරක සාධකයක් ලෙස අයිතීන් මුල්කරගන්නා ලද…
2021 ජනවාරි 04 පහත අත්සන් කරන සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධාන සහ පුද්ගලයන් වන අපි ශ්රී ලංකා වෛද්ය ක්ෂේත්රයේ සුප්රකට බලධාරී පුද්ගලයන් හා සංවිධාන විසින් කොවිඩ් 19 ආසාදිතයන්ගේ මෘතදේහ භුමදානය කිරීම අනුමත කරමින් පසුගියදා කරන ලද ප්රකාශය සාදරයෙන් පිළිගනිමු . එබැවින් එකී…
A conversation with a representative from the LGBTQ+ community 1. COVID 19 has popularised statements like “stay home, stay safe”, but obviously this is not the case for everyone in this country. What are some ways in which staying home…
Incident 1: Convicted murderer, death row inmate, Premalal Jayasekara was given permission by the Appeals Court on the 7th of September to attend sittings in Parliament. He was convicted of murder by the Court on 30th July, a few days…
A JOINT COMMUNIQUE BY PEOPLE’S ACTION FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS (PAFFREL) AND HASHTAG GENERATION TO FACEBOOK INC. The below is a joint communique by People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL) and Hashtag Generation with observations from the…
Analysis: Covid-19 Response by Country Here is an analysis done by our social media analyst Prihesh Ratnayake on the responses by 113 countries to the COVID 19 pandemic. There have been many analyses produced on the Coronavirus Outbreak and the global response…
சிரின் அப்துல் சரூர் கடந்த வருடம் உயிர்த்த ஞாயிறு தினத்தன்று நிகழ்த்தப்பட்ட மிலேச்சத்தனமான தாக்குதலால் அப்பாவிகளின் உயிர்கள் காவூகொள்ளப்பட்டு இன்றுடன் வலிமிகுந்த ஒரு வருடம் நிறைவடைகின்றது. நாள் புலர்ந்து நாண்கு மணி நேரத்தினுள் ஐஎஸ் பயங்கரவாதிகள் எண்மர் ஆடிய குரூர வெறியாட்டத்தினால் கத்தோலிக்கஇ கிறிஸ்தவ வழிபாட்டாளர்களும் சுற்றுலாப் பயணிகளும் உள்ளிட்ட 269 அப்பாவிகளின் உயிர்கள் பறிக்கப்பட்டு…
This photograph was sent by one of the victims’ families and they requested that this photo be shared By Shreen Abdul Saroor Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, in which eight IS terrorists senselessly murdered 269 Catholic…
Let’s have a quick look at what got attention in March, 2020. The Hashtag Generation team has been monitoring social media for a while and there has rarely been a dull day! While social media is limited to the digital…
1977 විවෘත ආර්ථීක ප්රතිපත්තියත් සමඟ රැකියා සඳහා විදේශ රටවලට ඇදීයාමේ දොරටු විවෘත විය. මේ හේතුවෙන් ශ්රී ලාංකිකයෝ විශාල පිරිසක් ගෘහ සේවිකාවන් සහ රියදුරන් ලෙස විදේශවල රැකියාවලට යොමු වූහ. මෙලෙස විදෙස්ගත වූ තවත් බොහෝ පිරිසක් ඇගලුම් කර්මාන්තයට යොමු වූ අතර තවත්…
