NewsPresident Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the Telecommunications Regulartory Commission (TRC) to remove the temporary ban on Facebook with immediate effect. As such, I instructed TRCSL to remove the temporary ban on Facebook with immediate effect." The decision to lift the ban comes after officials from Facebook Inc, met President's Secretary Austin Fernando for talks at the Presidential Secretariat today. Facebook has been blocked since last week following communal violence in Kandy. The government stated that social media sites and online messaging platforms were being used spread hate speech and incite violence.

Source: Sunday Times March 15, 2018 07:18 UTC