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Sri Lanka was the first Asian country to do so. Bushwacked by a critical economic crisis that has also spawned civil and political unrest, the island nation, on April 3 , banned the use of social media and messaging platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and WhatsApp. In anticipation of protests against the government’s inability to stop the economic slide, this ban was implemented. The shutdown makes Sri Lanka the 11th Asian country, since 2015, to have banned social media to counter public protests, research by UK-based privacy and VPN service company Surfshark shows . Overall, 30 countries in Asia...
