TEHRAN, May 13 - Sri Lanka said on Monday it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after mosques and Muslim-owned businesses were attacked in the wake of Easter bombings by Daesh terrorists.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on the west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
Authorities said they arrested the author of a Facebook post, identified whose online comment “1 day u will cry” locals said was interpreted as threatening violence.
The flare-up in violence came three weeks after Sri Lankan terrorist bombers blew themselves up in four hotels and three churches, killing more than 250 people.
Since then, Muslim groups say they have received dozens of complaints from across the country about people being harassed. Other communities say they are fearful that the government, which failed to act on successive warnings about looming the Takfiriterrorist attacks, has not caught all potential militants.
Sri Lanka has used temporary bans on social media in an attempt to curb misinformation and rumors.
Source: Reuters
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