Facebook Faces Language Obstacle to Remove  “Hate Speech “ in Sinhala.

The government states  that the ‘blockade’ that is imposed on social media sites in Sri Lanka would continue till the government received an official confirmation  from Facebook  stating that ‘hate speech’ would be removed.

In response Facebook requested time to respond to the request as the company does not have sufficient manpower with the knowledge in the Sinhala to filter ‘hate speech’ posted in Sinhala.

Facebook said yesterday that the company was collaborating with the Sri Lankan government and the NGOs to remove any comments that would incite hatred and violence.