Sri Lanka: Noose Tightens Around Online Freedom of Expression

Global Voices by Rezwan | Aug. 14, 2012 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) The Sri Lankan government has introduced new regulations under the Press Council Act to control web sites. Every "news“ website will have to pay Rs. 25000 ($193) to register and Rs. 10,000 every year to maintain the registration. Netizens say that this may prompt bloggers to enforce self-censorship out of fear. Full Story »

Posted by Pamela Hogle - via Global Voices

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Subjects: World, Politics, Media
Topics: Freedom of Speech, Asia
Member Tags: citizen media, digital activism, media & journalism, south asia, Sri Lanka, english, feature, governance, protest, weblog
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Posted by: Posted by Pamela Hogle - Aug 14, 2012 - 11:36 AM PDT
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