Over the past month, Sri Lankan media reported on the long queues observed at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla. Although government officials have attempted to spin facts stating that the government has created a large number of foreign employment opportunities for its citizens, a glimpse into local social media behaviour offers a different reality.
Early October millions of Facebook users around the world were unable to access the platform with what was recorded as one of the company’s biggest outages to date. Businesses on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp were especially impacted as the platforms recorded a downtime of more than six hours.
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