Posted on 04/21/2019 12:57:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
In announcing the ban on its official news portal, Sri Lanka named Facebook and Instagram among the sites it had blocked.
YouTube, Snapchat and the messaging apps WhatsApp and Viber were also blocked, according to the internet monitoring group NetBlocks.
A spokesperson for Facebook (FB), which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, told CNN Business, "We are aware of the government's statement regarding the temporary blocking of social media platforms. People rely on our services to communicate with their loved ones and we are committed to maintaining our services and helping
Sri Lanka temporarily blocked Facebook and other platforms last year after the government said they were being used to incite violence.
Google, YouTube's parent company, and Snap, owner of Snapchat, did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment on Sunday.
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Probably just a short circuit.
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and the messaging apps WhatsApp and Viber are engaging in Taqiyya?
Say it ain’t so....
Fake news or rumors?
Fake news, rumors.....but mostly unapproved opinions I suspect.
Video clips.
The New Zealand government was more outraged about the videos of the carnage than it was of the carnage itself it seemed.
Cinnamon Grand hotel bomber blew himself up in buffet line.
Many news items about the Muslim terrorist attacks:
Peaceful Islamic cult bombings?
Can’t name Islamic cult? Word is still getting out. From Reuters: The government has acknowledged that it had “prior information” of attacks on churches involving a little known local Islamist group but didn’t do enough about it.
As the good Congresswoman from Minnesota would say, some people did something.
The Marxist State Media is not identifying the terrorists so I have to assume that they are the LBQTPPSM Sect of the United Methodists or Muslims.
Islamonazis are always worried about blowback. Why is that?
construction crew accident. Nothing to see, move along
media isn’t even saying “Christian” victims. “church explosions” and “Easter worshippers”.
Who is this Easter they speak of?
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