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Weaponising 280 characters: What 200,000 tweets and 4,000 bots tell us about state of Twitter in Sri Lanka

In light of a recent spike in suspicious activity on Twitter in Sri Lanka, is pleased to publish a detailed report co-authored by Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sanjana Hattotuwa and…

Sanjana Hattotuwa Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and Raymond Serrato Sanjana Hattotuwa Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and Raymond Serrato on 04/23/201804/23/2018
Colombo, Elections, Long Reads, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Polls, Youth

Namal Rajapaksa, bots and trolls: New contours of digital propaganda and online discourse in Sri Lanka

Image courtesy , by Quartz Late 2017, the Twitter account of has generated all manner of violent, venomous pushback and responses to content it has produced, published and promoted. Over the years,…

Sanjana Hattotuwa and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Sanjana Hattotuwa and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne on 01/24/201802/23/2018

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