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Podcast: HYDEPARK
Episode: SALIYA PIERIS & NALAKA GUNAWARDENE ON SL ONLINE SAFETY BILL - 'AT HYDEPARK WITH INDEEWARI AMUWATTE’
Description: On this episode of ‘At HydePark with Indeewari Amuwatte’, former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka Saliya Pieris (PC) and Media Analyst Nalaka Gunawardene discuss a gazette issued in Sri Lanka on the Online Safety bill and how it may affect free speech and investments to the Information Industries in Sri Lanka.
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President's Counsel Saliya Pieris said, the gazetted bill will restrict the general public's freedom to dissent political or other opinion and will criminalize public opinion.
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He further said, the country already has enough legislation to battle online harassment as well as hate speech, however adding that l...