What do “fake news” arrests mean for LGBTIQ folks in Sri Lanka?

(Featured image by visuals on Unsplash) In a statement issued this week, Sri Lanka Police requested members of the public to refrain from publishing or sharing "fake news" on social media. The statement also said that those who do so may be arrested without a warrant. I was asked to comment about this for this…

A Week of Covid-19 Memes in Sri Lanka

As with all other recent major public events (a constitutional crisis, a Presidential election and another Presidential election, among others), meme makers in Sri Lanka have been busy responding to the pandemic with their creations. While a majority of memes are shared on Facebook, they also spill onto other platforms such as Twitter and Instagram.…

A Brief Visual Inquiry into #PresPollSL on Instagram

Bit of background As some of you already know, I'm currently a 2019/2020 Chevening scholar reading for a Masters in Digital Culture and Society at King's College London. I've been learning interesting methodologies, especially on visual inquiry, in a module I'm following on Digital Methods for Internet Studies. Given the increased use of Instagram during…