As payments are made to foreign banks and companies, he added, it also affects foreign reserves. He said that a system will be designed to register these foreign digital operators under the Ministry of Mass Media. Rambukwella had previously made a statement on Sunday (20) that social media users would be registered, which received criticism on social media platforms. The Minister responded to this on Monday (21), stating that his message was incorrectly conveyed, and that registering social media users is not the Government’s intention. “This has no link to social media platforms or social media users; there has been a misunderstanding,” the Minister reiterated to The Morning.

Source: The Nation December 22, 2020 22:18 UTC