Nikhil Pahwa is an Indian journalist, digital rights activist, and founder of MediaNama, a mobile and digital news portal. He has been a key commentator on stories and debates around Indian digit...
Keynote speech delivered by science writer and digital media analyst Nalaka Gunawardene at the Sri Lanka National IT Conference held in Colombo from 2 to 4 October 2018. Here is a summary of what...
When I spoke out on social media recently for the rights of sexual minorities in Sri Lanka, some wanted to know why I cared for these ‘deviants’ – one even asked if I was ‘also one of the...
සමරිසි හා සෙසු ලිංගික සුලුතරයන්ගේ අයිතීන් වෙනුවෙන් මා විටින් විට පොදු අව�...
In this Ravaya column (published on 29 July 2018), I further explore the contours of fake news in Sri Lanka. I point out, with examples, that certain politicians (including national leaders) and...
Even though it is widely practised in most human societies, gossip is much maligned. At best it is seen as frivolous and a waste of time, and at worst, as malicious and anti-social. But not all g...
‘Crowdfunding’ is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people. The idea has been around for a long time, in one way or another...
Rodney Jonklaas (1925-1989) was a Lankan marine biologist, free diver, SCUBA diver, spearfisherman and underwater photographer. He was one of the pioneer divers in Ceylon, starting soon after the...
Trends like ultra-nationalistic media, hate speech and fake news have all been around for decades — certainly well before the web emerged in the 1990s. What digital tools and the web have done ...
Today, I was interviewed on video for BBC Sinhala service for my views on hate speech and fake news. Given below is my remarks in Sinhala, excerpts from which are to be used. In summary, I said t...