This is the third time in weeks the country has banned social media in the wake of religious tension.
social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and instant messaging apps like Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, and IMO after a Facebook post sparked attacks on mosques and businesses owned by Muslims across several towns on Sunday.
at least 300 people in the country, sparking fears of sectarian violence against the country’s minority Muslim population.that it had restricted the websites and apps according to a directive from Sri Lan’s telecom regulator. Netblocks, a non-profit organization that tracks internet outages, tweeted that this was the third time in weeks the country had banned social media in the wake of religious tension.
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