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Sri Lanka’s cannabis-seekers are gathering on Facebook

The Verge

Facebook groups have become a gray market for the country’s weed dealers One weekend about a year ago in Balangoda, a misty mountain town outside Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, Sanjana was supposed to meet a dealer she found on Thriloka Wijaya Pathra , a Facebook group for cannabis users in Sri Lanka. Sanjana didn’t hear back.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. Is there evidence that these tools are making the fight easier? Annabelle Sreberny: The arguments would have to focus on the speed and the numbers of people involved. It’s about scale.