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ආපදා සමය තුළ නිකුත් කර ඇති හදිසි අවස්ථා නියෝග සහ මාධ්‍ය/සමාජ මාධ්‍ය භාවිතය

අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අංක 2664/30 දරන අති විශේෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් 2025 නොවැම්බර් 28 වනදා සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පුරා හදිසි තත්ත්වයක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. ඒ ප්‍රකාශනයත් සමගම හදිසි අවස්ථා නියෝග පැනවීම සඳහා ජනාධිපතිවරයාට නීතිමය බලය ලැබුණු අතර ඒ අනුව ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් 2025 නොවැම්බර් මස 28 වැනිදා

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Strengthening Sri Lanka’s Media Future: Media Forward 2025

The Media Law Forum is proud to partner with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sri Lanka and a consortium of leading media institutions for Media Forward 2025, a landmark three-day capacity-building and dialogue initiative held from 24–26 November in Colombo. Designed to bring coherence to Sri Lanka’s evolving media

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🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨 – Gen Z Protests in Asia: Freedom of Expression & the Evolving Landscape of Human Rights Defence

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨 Gen Z Protests in Asia: Freedom of Expression & the Evolving Landscape of Human Rights Defence 🗓️ 20 November 2025 🕑 2:00 PM (IST) 💻 Zoom – https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81656200870?pwd=E1dKJZe8fG5KVgGt6vv8pKJzrTDyEq.1 Meeting ID: 816 5620 0870 Passcode: 016443 💥 Gen Z is driving a new wave of change in Asia

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Empowering Eastern Province Media Actors: Advancing Ethical Election Reporting in the Digital Era

The Media Law Forum continued its regional outreach by hosting an information session in Batticaloa on 1 November 2025, delivered in Tamil, specifically aimed at strengthening the skills of Tamil media professionals in the Eastern Province. The workshop focused on the growing challenges of election reporting in the digital era,

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Modern Data Protection Law: Principles, Implementation, and Global Standards

Introduction Data protection law has emerged as one of the most significant areas of legal development in the 21st century. As digital technologies transform how personal information is collected, processed, and shared, legal frameworks have evolved to establish comprehensive protections for individual privacy rights while enabling legitimate data processing activities.

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Media Law Forum Hosts Specialized Session for MOJO Journalists on Election Media Guidelines and Digital Verification

The Media Law Forum conducted a specialized information session with MOJO News—Mobile Journalism Journalists on Thursday, August 29, 2025, at the Sri Lanka Press Institute Auditorium. The session focused on the unique challenges faced by mobile journalism and social media platforms in implementing the revised election media guidelines for Sri

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Media in the Digital Era: Navigating Freedom of Expression and Media Law

The seminar titled “Freedom of Expression and Emerging Challenges”, jointly organized by the Media Law Forum and the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), was successfully held on 24th July 2025, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. The event was officially opened by Senior Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya, President of the

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Empowering Southern Province Media Actors: Advancing Ethical Election Reporting in the Digital Era

Continuing its series of regional outreach efforts, the Media Law Forum held an information session in Matara on June 4, 2025, focused on strengthening the capacity of media professionals in the Southern Province. The session centered on the evolving challenges of election reporting in the digital era, emphasizing the role

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MLF Conducts Digital Election Reporting information session for Sabaragamuwa Media Actors

Following the local government elections, the Media Law Forum conducted a targeted information session on June 2, 2025, in Rathnapura, aimed at strengthening ethical media practices in Sri Lanka’s Sabaragamuwa Province. The main objective of the session was to enhance election reporting in the digital era, equipping provincial media actors

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Understanding Digital Rights

What is digital? The term digital refers to electronic and computing devices that produce, store, or transmit data in a binary format (ones and zeros). Digitalisation is the reduction of information and behaviour to this binary format so that it can be processed using digital technologies. Examples of digital technologies

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