New laws will be introduced soon to ensure that the social media is used for the country's benefit rather than its detriment, Law and Order Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said.
Addressing a press conference at the Central Province Governor's Office Auditorium on March 10, Minister Madduma Bandara said false information was being given through the social media networks today to create communal and religious divisions and clashes.
He said he expected to bring in new legislation to control the social media sector after studying the procedures adopted by developed countries to use social media for their national benefit.
He said false information churned out by certain sections of the social media over the years had led to the clashes in Kandy district, compelling the government to promulgate emergency laws after a lapse of three years.
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