Did Sri Lanka’s Facebook ban help quell anti-Muslim violence?Colombo, Sri Lanka – Rioters were already on the streets when authorities in Sri Lanka blocked access to the internet. The mob – angered by the death of a Sinhala Buddhist man who was beaten by a group of Muslim men – swept through neighbourhoods in the South Asian nation’s central Kandy district for a third day on March 7, setting fire to and vandalising mosques and scores of Muslim homes and bus
Sri Lanka blocks social media as deadly violence continues
