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Elections and info disorders: SL’s experience holds global significance

25 Feb 2026 | BY Buddhika Samaraweera Digital rights researcher and disinfo analyst, Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa noted that chameleon ads, proxy...

Will AI Disinformation Become a Gendered Tool of Exclusion?

By Gagani Weerakoon Sri Lanka’s debate on women’s political representation has long revolved around quotas, party gatekeeping and media bias....

AI, InfoWars and Storm 1516: New frontiers in election misinformation and disinformation

By Niresh Eliatamby With one more election expected in 2026 for the nine provincial councils, to complete the quarter of...

At GIJC25, Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Ressa Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ to Combat Misinformation and Preserve Press Freedom

by Rowan Philp • November 21, 2025 Maria Ressa — a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and co-founder of the pioneering investigative outlet Rappler —...

Hate speech, sexualisation, and misinformation: New battles for women politicians

“Even if we use powder, we’re humiliated on Facebook,” says Ananthy Sasitharan, an Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) politician. In...