Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:20
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday denied his Government was planning to ban the prominent social media platform Facebook.
“We want people to understand social media’s powerful advantages as well as its potential dangers, especially when children use it,” the President said on his official Twitter account, @PresRajapaksa.
President Rajapaksa said that as a Government that has always promoted Information Communication Technologies, it had no intention to ban Facebook in Sri Lanka.
He said the Government was actually working on promoting the safe use of social media, instead of bringing about a ban of the popular site.
Addressing a gathering at a temple in Keragala on Monday, President Rajapaksa expressed similar sentiments, saying simply banning the website would not put an end to cyber crime.
Speculation has mounted about a potential ban of social media websites after two suicides were triggered by content published on Facebook. (DB)
