(COLOMBO) – More than 100,000 Sri Lankan nude photographs have been circulated on social media last year along with 8,000 cybercrimes, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.
Starting the Online Safety Bill in the House, the Minister for Public Security Tiran Alles said more than 500 nude photographs have been circulated within the first few weeks of this year alone.
“There have also been 6,690 instances of online sexual acts that took place during the previous year,” he said.
“These are only cases reported to the police CID buy There could be many more online crimes and abuses that have gone unreported,” he added.
The Minister said the Online Safety Bill only covers online crimes, preventing provocations which could lead to insurgencies, disturb religious and ethnic harmony and so on.
“We don’t intend to victimize anyone using the Online Safety Bill,” he said.
