Govt. to register foreign digital operators, not social media users: Minister clarifies

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While saying that the statement circulating with regards to the social media regulation has been portrayed in a garbled manner where the true meaning is not conveyed, Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella clarified that the government is to register foreign digital operators and not social media and digital platform users.

“While acknowledging this, I would like to clarify that the government’s intention is not to register social media users but to convey a mounting concern shared by governments across the world, that these digital multinational conglomerates are overwhelming and alienating our local businesses by data colonization," the minister said in a statement.

“This is directly impacting our medium scale companies. This view is also shared by leading industrialists in Sri Lanka. These predatory techniques lead to huge sums of money leaving the country through these digital platforms," he added.

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Desillusioned Monday, 21 December 2020 04:10 PM

A media minister who issues a false statement to the media?

Roisin Monday, 21 December 2020 04:13 PM

I don't believe you

Indika Monday, 21 December 2020 04:33 PM

Isnt this what you said. quote..... Responding to journalists today, he said there should be a control over the anomalies caused by the users of social media and other networks, he said. Hence, the Government has decided to control the social media platform usage, Minister Rambukwella said. "After implementing the system, all those who surf Facebook should get themselves registered with the Government," he said. Moreover, he said necessary arrangements have been made for self-regulation of media institutions. Unquote....

mnsmart Monday, 21 December 2020 04:38 PM

Some ones oratory, this guy doesn't know anything about Digital media or IT.

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