Also, blocking social media platforms doesn’t work and those determined to spread misinformation can still do so by accessing these platforms using virtual private networks, or VPNs. And finally, Sri Lankan society, like most societies, is complex and riots between communities are often a consequence of forces far greater than social media. And make an effort to understand; violence in #lka began before social media, Internet, telephony. — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 🌀 (@yudhanjaya) April 21, 2019The researchers are right; fencing off parts of the internet is almost never a good answer — no matter the question. If internet shutdowns during that time were straightforward cases of oppression, it is not so easy to dismiss the Sri Lanka shutdown.

Source: Huffington Post April 23, 2019 12:56 UTC