Opinion: Arresting Of Teanage Admins Of FB Pages Which Posted Racist Posts And Future Of Social Media

A  few days back Digital Infrastructure

 Minister Harin Fernando has stated that The Social Media sites and Apps which  developed with  a purpose of improving relationships and social bonds among the people now use to breaking those relationships and Bonds.

It is the bitter truth which most of the Social Media addicts especially school goers who are admins of many Social Media pages denies to accept .However in the first time of Social Media history in Sri Lanka ,government has imposed a temporary suspension on Social media sites including  Facebook and Imo and Apps like What's App due to posting Racist posts and comments which encouraging one community to act against another. These kind of posts had led to the communal violence in Kandy it has been revealed

As a result authorities led by Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)  and Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had yesterday  (09)arrested a 16 and 18 year old school boys who were  administrators  of Social Media pages in Facebook and Whats App which spreads racism in society .Until their arrest no one would have thought that these big Racist posts were published and shared by such young blood .

However law need to catch big thieves and politicians too who were behind these young fellows when spreading Racist comments against other communities communities. Otherwise it will like catching a small fish by allowing a Big fish  tmove away.If someone is breaking the law through Social Media,regardless the nationality of that person they should have punished  according to the law.

On the other hand some says that  the Facebook page Of one leader in Sri Lanka updating daily despite the blocking of social media sites.These things should need to pay attention as law should be equal to both countrymen as well as the  rulers .

It has been reported that when the court ordered to send the 16 year old admin of a Facebook page who was arrested in Homagama over posting Racial and hatred posts and comments to a child rehabilitation center  ,he along with his parents and relatives broke down in tears.The suspected boy as well as his parents should have pay attention on the law before breaking it and now shedding tears wil not reverse the punishment the school boys received .

Everyone should use the Social media sites and Apps especially Viber to improve and renew relationships including friendship and bonds not to discredit and breaking threlationships among communities . It should be an  essential part of  social media.

Unfortunatley those two boys who were arrested went on tbe wrong path and payed the penalty for it.Now they will not have the support of who shared their posts and who guided them to post such things.That is the reality .Real people including friends will be there when a one needs them.Not the fake ones as mentioned earlier.