The Verge
AUGUST 3, 2021
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.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Facebook recently announced a test in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia. We want to see pictures from our best friend’s wedding, or share exciting news about the new job we’re taking. So the Newsfeed algorithm tries to predict what each user wants to see in their Newsfeed. But no algorithm is perfect.
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Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. What technology means for people who are experiencing a crisis who don’t have access – don’t make it onto twitter, don’t make the news cycle? Annabelle Sreberny: There were also huge demonstrations elsewhere pulling in the diaspora.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Rajan “Raj” Moonesinghe (right) and his brother Johann Moonesinghe (left) pictured with their cousin (center). While the brothers’ family is from Sri Lanka, the pair were born in Los Angeles. Image Credits: Johann Moonesinghe. I’m gay and brown, grew up in LA, and lived a long time in D.C.
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