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Online Safety Bill gazette
The draft of the Online Safety Bill has been gazetted by the Minister of Public Security.
The Bill is being introduced to facilitate the establishment of an Online Safety Commission, to make provisions to prohibit online communication of certain statements of fact in Sri Lanka, to prevent the use of online accounts and inauthentic online accounts for prohibited purposes, to make provisions to identify and declare online locations used for prohibited purposes in Sri Lanka, to suppress the financing and other support of communication of false statements of fact and matters related to online safety.
Earlier this month, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to table the draft bill on cyber security in Parliament.
The Attorney General had given his clearance for the draft bill on Online Safety drafted by the Legal Draftsman.The government commenced drafting the bill with the objective of safeguarding the general society from the damages caused by the publicizing of false information and harassment through the internet.
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Compensation to be paid by the government for destroyed property of Parliamentarians during the ‘Aragalaya’ period, has increased to Rs. 1,414 million, reports say.
It is said that Rs. 714 million has already been paid to 31 MPs as compensation.
It has also been decided to pay full compensation to 13 other MPs and the estimated amount for this purpose is said to be Rs. 700 million.
It is said that cabinet approval has already been granted to obtain extra monetary provisions.
(Source : Aruna)
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly commenced at the UNHQ in New York earlier today (19), which was attended by the Sri Lankan delegation led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Addressing the gathering, the UN Secretary-General – Antonio Guterres welcomed the heads of state in attendance.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), has charged eight players and officials for breaching different counts of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code for Participants for the T10 League (the ‘Code’).
Former Sri Lankan first class cricketer Saliya Saman is also among the players charged.
He follows the following list of offences :
– Article 2.1.1 – Being party to an attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly matches or aspects of matches in the Abu Dhabi T10 2021.
– Article 2.1.3 – Offering a Reward to another Participant in exchange for that player engaging in Corrupt Conduct under the Code.-
– Article 2.1.4 – Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.
