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Colombo, April 13 (newsin.asia) - Hours after the official Twitter accout of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka was suspended by Twitter, an official from the Embassy told newsin.asia that they were attempting to unlock their account as no reason had been given by Twitter. "Twitter didn't give any reason to the Embassy for the suspension of its official account....

December 31 (Insider) - Netflix has found its next global hit, and it's giving even "Star Wars" a run for its money. "The Witcher," based on the fantasy novel series by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, is the most in-demand TV series in the world across all platforms, according to the data company Parrot Analytics. The company's ranking is based...

December 14 (Economy Next) - Among Americans trying to locate places of interest, Sri Lanka topped the list beating the Superbowl venue and Area 51, Google trends, published by the search engine, shows. Google’s Year in the Search list for 2019 showed Sri Lanka topping the ‘Where is?’ category. Sri Lanka hit global headlines in 2019 for being named Lonely...

Writing in The Telegraph, Ms Patel called for tech companies to provide a “back door” into such messaging apps, which could be used by law enforcement organisations to tackle crime.

In working out legislation to control social media, the right to freedom of expression and information and the need to control misinformation and disinformation have to be reconciled.