{"id":48043,"date":"2012-07-12T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=48043"},"modified":"2012-07-12T16:16:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:16:55","slug":"sri-lanka-to-regulate-news-websites-amid-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-to-regulate-news-websites-amid-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka To Regulate News Websites Amid Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_5_1_22_1342109338207_266\"><strong>By AFP &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u00a0on Thursday announced new regulations to control websites, defying\u00a0international criticism\u00a0of a recent crackdown on opposition news portals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_5_1_22_1342109338207_256\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-to-regulate-news-websites-amid-crackdown\/www\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-48044\" title=\"www\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/www.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>Media minister Keheliya Rambukwella\u00a0said the government was amending the 1973\u00a0Press Council Act\u00a0to include\u00a0news websites, which will now be required to be registered with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_5_1_22_1342109338207_268\">The\u00a0Press Council\u00a0has powers to fine and jail journalists who defy its orders.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_5_1_22_1342109338207_271\">&#8220;The government thought it fit and the time is right to make amendments to the existing act to accommodate new technologies,&#8221;\u00a0Rambukwella\u00a0told reporters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_5_1_22_1342109338207_264\">Police raided two opposition news websites and arrested nine employees late last month on charges of discrediting\u00a0President Mahinda Rajapakse. 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