Internet Media Action
@imalanka.bsky.social
IMA is a media collective that looks specifically at existing and emergent threats to content in online fora, including on the web and Internet.
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Code of ethics for Responsible Social Media Use 👉 www.socialmedialanka.org #srilanka #socialmedia #EngageSMinSL
'Media Slams Govt.'S did to use Emergency to silence critics' 👇 (The Island - 05.12.2025) "Criticism is not a crime" IMA
#srilanka #SocialMedia #FOE
#srilanka #SocialMedia #FOE
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
'Media Slams Govt.'S did to use Emergency to silence critics' 👇 (The Island - 05.12.2025) "Criticism is not a crime" IMA
#srilanka #SocialMedia #FOE
#srilanka #SocialMedia #FOE
🔴[Medias Release]
A Threat to Freedom of Expression(FOE)! - Strong Objection to the Statement by Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala
#srilanka #socialmedia #FOE
A Threat to Freedom of Expression(FOE)! - Strong Objection to the Statement by Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala
#srilanka #socialmedia #FOE
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🔴[Medias Release]
A Threat to Freedom of Expression(FOE)! - Strong Objection to the Statement by Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala
#srilanka #socialmedia #FOE
A Threat to Freedom of Expression(FOE)! - Strong Objection to the Statement by Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala
#srilanka #socialmedia #FOE
"Any state that maintains impunity instead of ending it cannot claim to be a civilized state. We must not forget that this truth applies to Sri Lanka as well." @sampaths.bsky.social
#EndImpunity #srilanka #Justice #IDEI2025
#EndImpunity #srilanka #Justice #IDEI2025
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"Any state that maintains impunity instead of ending it cannot claim to be a civilized state. We must not forget that this truth applies to Sri Lanka as well." @sampaths.bsky.social
#EndImpunity #srilanka #Justice #IDEI2025
#EndImpunity #srilanka #Justice #IDEI2025
#IDEI2025 : International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI)
[The situation in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved.]
#EndImpunity #srilanka #EngageSMinSL
[The situation in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved.]
#EndImpunity #srilanka #EngageSMinSL
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#IDEI2025 : International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI)
[The situation in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved.]
#EndImpunity #srilanka #EngageSMinSL
[The situation in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved.]
#EndImpunity #srilanka #EngageSMinSL
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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
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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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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
September 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Submission on Amend the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024 👉 www.socialmedialanka.org/2025/09/12/s... #OSA #srilanka #lka #EngageSMinSL
📢 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
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
August 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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
🛜 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
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
🛜 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
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
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August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
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
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Global Network Initiative (GNI) Urges Human Rights Reforms to Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act 👉 globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-urges-hu... #OSA #srilanka #lka #FOE
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
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Expanding Teen Account Protections and Child Safety Features about.fb.com/news/2025/07... #Meta #socialmedia #EngageSMinSL
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
"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
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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
"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
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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
හදිසි ක්රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම සඳහා දැවැන්ත සමාජ මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය සමග එක්වන්න! සම්බන්ධ වන්න 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj
#FreedomFlotilla #srilanka
June 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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
හදිසි ක්රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම සඳහා දැවැන්ත සමාජ මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය සමග එක්වන්න! සම්බන්ධ වන්න 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj
#FreedomFlotilla #srilanka
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“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
#FreedomFlotilla #Gaza
📣 Urgent Action - 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj
June 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“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
#FreedomFlotilla #Gaza
📣 Urgent Action - 👉 shorturl.at/Gthcj
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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...
[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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June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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...
[Submission]Audio Overview (AO) - English - by #NotebookLM youtube.com/watch?v=MSgY...
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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) | journalism 👇
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #Media #EngageSMinSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #Media #EngageSMinSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression
May 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) | journalism 👇
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #Media #EngageSMinSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2025 #srilanka #Media #EngageSMinSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression
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
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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
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…
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March 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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
International Women’s Day 2025
#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #EngageSMinSL [ Read in full: shorturl.at/NQ68q BY @witnessorg.bsky.social ]
#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #EngageSMinSL [ Read in full: shorturl.at/NQ68q BY @witnessorg.bsky.social ]
March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
International Women’s Day 2025
#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #EngageSMinSL [ Read in full: shorturl.at/NQ68q BY @witnessorg.bsky.social ]
#srilanka #WomensDay2025 #EngageSMinSL [ Read in full: shorturl.at/NQ68q BY @witnessorg.bsky.social ]
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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February 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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
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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
#srilanka #freedomofexpression #privacy #OSA
February 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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
#srilanka #freedomofexpression #privacy #OSA
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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
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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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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
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January 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Collective for Social Media Declaration raises 3 concerns with President www.newswire.lk/2025/01/30/c... #srilanka #smd
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"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
January 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"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