And make an effort to understand; violence in #lka began before social media, Internet, telephony.
To a large extent much of race hatred is still fuelled by print media in this country.
You want to point fingers, at least do your research into a complex history.
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Take a look at statements by local politicians, see how they are reacting. Look up the patterns of violence around elections, race issues, politics. Leave your biases and baggage at the door.
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Whether you like it or not the overwhelming mindshare your platforms have enable you to set the global narrative around Sri Lanka...so do your job and be responsible. Thank you.
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Does it look like we give a shit about what happened with Trump ? We have bigger problems here.
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Thanks so much for this,
@yudhanjaya. Extremely important to approach this with nuance & avoid advocating for extreme solutions lest they percolate further. My recent paper shows shutdowns actually exacerbate violence in India. You might find it useful. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3330413 … -
Thanks, Jan. In return, something you may be interested in: http://yudhanjaya.com/research . Let me know if you start digging i to Indian social media (after this mess is over).
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God save Sri Lanka .And
@yudhanjaya don't go after the journos . The culprit is at your doorsteppic.twitter.com/iJcjkLYk8a
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