Launch of the Information Disorder Research in Sri Lanka and a Forum on Building Digital Resilience

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On the 1st of July 2025, LIRNEasia in collaboration with the University of Jaffna held an event titled Launch of the information disorder research in Sri Lanka and a forum on building digital resilience. The event centered around the launch of results from a LIRNEasia study assessing the ability of Tamil news readers in Sri Lanka to classify information as true/false, and measuring the effectiveness of popular countermeasures to misinformation, such as fact-checking and media literacy programs. The opening address was given by Prof. Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah, Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna, talked about the digital revolution, the newer challenges arising due to the information disorder and the importance of information literacy as a counter measure. He noted that the comprehensive study by LIRNEasia on this topic was groundbreaking. LIRNEasia researchers Sachini Ranasinghe presented the findings from the survey, which is representative of all Tamil news readers in Sri Lanka.