WhatsApp along with other Social Media Sites and Apps including Facebook and Viber had temporarily blocked since last Wednesday as a result of racist and hatred posts and comments posted in most of these sites led to communal violence in Kandy District.
It has been reported that a page run in WhatsApp belonging to a certain community with around 300,000 followers had published a post mention how to made a petrol bomb from step by step with an audio clip.However still it's not reported whether the Police have arrested the admins of the page over their pasts which will be a threat to the society.
After these Sites and Apps were temporary blocked the violent activities erupted in Kandy District have been stopped and the peace has been restored as a result according to the security forces.
Viber App was unblocked since last night and the App itself sent a message to the Users in Sri Lanka stating that their block has been removed .However most Viber users have used the service without any interruption since the blockage via "VPN"
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