Monitoring social media necessary to check hate speech: PM | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Some form of patrolling of social media is necessary to prevent the spread of hate speech in the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe insisted yesterday.

In the wake of the violence in Kandy, the Government is now seriously looking at legislation to take action against the spread of hate speech through social media. “The Attorney General’s Department and we are talking on this,” he added.