Sri Lanka is finally lifting their ban social media nine days after the terrorist attacks attacks, with it being unclear whether this ban helped prevent its spread misinformations.
The president of Sri Lanka has ordered the end of their temporary ban social media. THE ban was set implemented after devastating suicide bombings on Sunday of Catholic Easter, which left more than 250 dead.
According to the New York Times, the government today issued a statement calling on the public "to use social media responsibly, even though the ban has been lifted due to the prevailing situation in the country."
Among the nine-day blocking platforms were Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Viber. And after the ban, it is not clear whether the restrictions have contributed to containment of violence or to the dissemination of misinformation.
Sri Lanka is not the only country blocking social media in an effort to stop the unrest. This "logic" has already been tested in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Iran and in Turkey. But, such bans raise the question of whether it is moral to limit every online speech in an attempt to stop extremists and misinformation.
