However, it could be passed by a simple majority if the amendments recommended by the Supreme Court are made, Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksa announced today.

Though the Online Safety Bill has been tabled in the parliament early this month, at least 18 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against the bill citing that the

New legislation presented to Sri Lanka’s Parliament on October 2 has been criticised as impacting freedom of expression and information in online spaces, with a new commission allowed to define, regulate, and prosecute the production or publication of ‘false statements proposed legislation is infringing fundamental human rights