Past
Service blocking
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Viber, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger
- Total Duration 10 hours
Sri Lanka
- Population
- 22,037,000
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Related documentation
Several Social Media websites including Facebook and WhatsApp seem blocked in Sri Lanka again probably to avoid Fake News and spread of hate speech following #Negombo tense situation #LKA #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/jSjSmxvgeJ — Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) May 5, 2019
#BREAKING: Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo and blocked access to Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Viber, and Snapchat after clashes in Negombo between ethnic Sinhalese and Muslim groups. Police has brought situation under control after rioting. pic.twitter.com/ntavtBeVyl — Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 5, 2019
Other supporting information
It’s difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level. Learn more.