Online Safety Bill

The Supreme Court has refused to grant leave to proceed with the petition filed by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran, challenging the passing of the much-disputed Online Safety Bill in Parliament. The Online Safety Bill…

U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung says Sri Lanka’s adoption of the controversial Online Safety Bill sends a negative signal in Sri Lanka’s path towards reform and recovery, when major global tech companies characterize the bill as “unworkable”…

The Second Reading Debate of the proposed Online Safety Bill is scheduled to be held in Parliament today (January 23). Parliament is to convene at 9.30 a.m. this morning while Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles is slated to present…

The proposed Online Safety Act by the Sri Lanka Government will limit the people's right to expression, and search for the truth, said His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo. He called for such efforts that…

The Supreme Court’s determination on the constitutionality of the Online Safety Bill and its provisions was communicated to the parliament this morning (Nov. 07) by Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakse. In its determination, the Supreme Court…

A total of 45 petitions have been received by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, challenging the recently introduced Online Safety Bill. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena revealed this in parliament this morning (18 Oct.). The Online…

The much-debated Online Safety Bill, which has come under fire for some of its problematic aspects, is slated to be presented to the parliament today (Oct. 03). The session will commence at 9:30 a.m. However, the proposed Anti-Terrorism…

The draft of the Bill on ‘Online Safety’ was published, by way of a gazette notification, on Monday (18 Sep.), by the Ministry of Public Security. Accordingly, the relevant Bills aims to prohibit online communication of certain…