By Shiran Illanperuma
On the 23rd of October, the United States embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel advisory warning of a potential attack targeting tourist sites in Arugam Bay, a popular surfing destination in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Russia soon followed suit. Given the mysterious circumstances of the 2018 Easter Attacks that occurred following a warning by Indian intelligence services, this has understandably stirred much anxiety and speculation among Sri Lankans. What the recent travel advisories did not mention is the operation of illegal businesses by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
By Garvin Karunaratne , former G.A.Matara
This is one of my early papers published four years ago. It is hoped that the new Government may find interesting ideas to follow to enable Sri Lanka's economy to develop. A Story from Coffee. Ideas for our economic revival.
Posted on September 14th, 2020. Republished in November 2024 to waken our new giants The other day, locked down in Sri Lanka because of the Corona, I ran out of the Starbucks Coffee I had brought with me. Being a coffee connoisseur, the tastes of Island, Hariischandra... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Viraj Fernando - virajfernando03
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1. Procedural Irregularities in Awarding the Project The best argument we have to counter the arbitrary award of this project to Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), is to ask the question, whether AGEL would have been awarded such a project and at a PPA price of $0.0826 in India under Indian regulations and to insist in consideration of the justification of the project from the perspective of Indian regulations. Under the usual standards applied by India's own energy regulatory bodies, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Senaka Weeraratna
DRS is a gift from Sri Lanka to the world of cricket. Its impact is bigger than Sri Lanka winning the world cup in 1996. Why ? Because this innovation of Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna has completely transformed the game. It is the biggest change in the Rules of the Game since its birth. Today Cricket is more transparent, accurate and fair. Thanks to DRS. The colossal mistake that Umpire Steve Bucknor made in the Sydney Test 2008 when he gave out Master Batsman Sachin Tendulkar wrongly and changed the course of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
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තම සැමියා වූ විජය කුමාරතුංග මහතා දේශපාලන හේතූන් නිසා ඝාතනය කරන ලද ආකාරයෙන්ම තමන්වද ඝාතනය කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණයක් ඇත්දැයි සැකයක් පහළ වී ඇතැයි හිටපු ජනාධිපතිනි චන්ද‍්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංග මහත්මිය සදහන් කරයි. ඇය මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් අඩු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම්වරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කරමිනි. විශ්‍රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතිව තිබෙන සාකච්චාව ගැන ඇය විසින් මේ බව දැනුම් දී තිබේ. ඇය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ විශ්‍රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන් අතරින් වැඩිම තර්ජන ඇත්තේ තමාට බවත් ඝාතන උත්සාහයකට ලක්ව තුවාල ලැබූ එකම ජනාධිපතිනිය තමන් බවත් ඇය කියයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Courtesy The Telegraph Online (India)
The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government The new National People's Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced its first reversal of a key element in the ongoing IMF bailout programme concerning the loss-making state-owned enterprises. The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government, introducing major reforms to the state power entity Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). The Marxist NPP trade unions had then agitated against the bill. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island
Easter Sunday Carnage:
Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, retired SDIG Ravi Seneviratne, had transferred a senior police officer who was conducting a probe into his alleged failure to act on an intelligence warning to prevent the Easter Sunday carnage (2019), former MP Udaya Gammanpila, said yesterday. Addressing a media conference, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Gammanpila said former DIG Palitha Siriwardena had complained to the then IGP C. D. Wickramaratne that the Easter Sunday attacks had resulted from the dereliction of duty on the part of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
2022 දී රට අරාජික කිරීම සඳහා ක්‍රියාත්මක වූ අරගලය වෙනුවෙන් ප්‍රකට ව්‍යාපාරිකයකු වන සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා මුදල් ලබාදුන් ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තොරතුරු තමන් සතු බවත්, රට නිවැරැදි මාවතට අවතීර්ණ කර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාව ඔහුගේ මැදිහත්වීම හරහා වැළකී ගිය බවත් සිංහ එෆ්.එම් නාලිකාවේ හිටපු හිමිකරු නිරංග ඉන්ද්‍රජිත් හෙට්ටිආරච්චි මහතා පවසයි. මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් ඔහු සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා පිළිබඳව හෙළිදරව් රාශියක්ම සිදුකරයි. මෙරට රූපවාහිනී සහ ගුවන් විදුලි නාලිකා කිහිපයක හිමිකරුවන් බවට පත්වී සිටින සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා ඇතුළු ඔහුගේ හිතවතුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු මෙරට තුළ දැවැන්ත මෙහෙයුමක් දියත්කර ඇති බවත්, රන්ජන් රාමනායක නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු පක්ෂයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේකම් වන්නේ ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, November 05 (Daily Mirror) - A tense situation arose between the security officers of Pastor Jerome Fernando and villagers of Nawalapitiya when Jerome arrived in the area to oversee the construction of a rehabilitation centre for children. Villagers claimed that he was planning to build a religious facility instead. The police had to intervene to bring the situation under control. Amid massive protests, Pastor Jerome left the scene. https://youtu.be/7JLM6rWvulk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
SL Vision
https://youtu.be/OQYMVGeSaqU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Madyawediya
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Hiru News
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උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත්
https://youtu.be/UoE94C_5vZM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Sri Lanka’s development policy included state-sponsored colonization schemes which transferred people from the densely populated wet zone to the sparsely populated areas of the dry zone. The places best suited to such colonization schemes were located in the north and east of the island. These provinces were the least populated, the land was suitable for agriculture and there were rivers than could be dammed. These colonization schemes had a dual purpose. They helped ease the acute land hunger of an expanding population, now well beyond the carriage rate for the island. They also opened... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
බුද්ධාගම කියන්නේ බොරුවක්! 1505 දී පෘතුගීසීන් කොලොම් තොටට ගසාගෙන ආවේ එක අතකින් කඩුව හා අනිත් අතින් බයිබලයද රැගෙන යයි කියැවේ. 1096/1204 කාලයේ පෝප් මූලිකව මෙහෙයවු කුරුස යුද්ධ වලින් මුස්ලිම්වරු දිගටම පැරදවිය නොහැකිවිය. මේ නිසා යුරෝපයේ පොහොසත් පන්තියට ඉන්දියාවෙන් (චීනයෙන්?) ගොඩමින් ගෙනා කුළුබඩු යනාදිය ලබාගැනීම සඳහා වෙනත් මුහුදු මඟක් සොයා ගැනීමට අවශ්‍යය විය. මෙම දුෂ්කර ගමනට නාවික කම්කරුවන් සොයාගත්තේ එය යුරෝපයෙන් පිට වසන වනචාරී මිථ්‍යාදෘෂ්ටිකයින් ගලවා ගැනීම සඳහා කරණ දේවකාරියක් යයි යයි කියමින් රවටාදය. පෘතුගීසින්ට පසුව ආ ලන්දේසීන් කතෝලිකයින් මරද්දී උඩරට බෞද්ධ රජු ඔවුන්ට රැකවරණය දුන්නේය (ඊට පෙර පෘතුගීසීන් මුස්ලිම්වරු මරද්දීද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Tamil Separatist Movement was highly critical of the state colonization schemes of the 1950s. They were not in the least interested in the development aspect of the schemes, only on the impact of Sinhala settlements on their precious Eelam. Tamil Separatist Movement charged that the colonization schemes, from the very beginning, were intended to Sinhalise the north and east, not develop the country. Ever since independence it has been the policy of both the UNP and the SLFP to undertake state aided Sinhala colonization schemes with the sole aim of altering the demographic profile... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Royal Thai Embassy in Berlin
On Sunday, August 4, 2024, H.E. Mr. Nadhavathna Krishnamra, Ambassador of Thailand, along with his spouse, Ms.Viphawan Benniman, Minister and embassy officials, participated in the International Buddhist Conference Academic to make the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Das Buddhistische Haus, the first Buddhist House in Europe, at the Zehlendorf Community Hall, Berlin. The event was organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Germany and the German Dharmaduta Society with the participation of by ambassadors and representatives from embassies of countries practicing Buddhism, including Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Kamil Kerimov
https://youtu.be/X2oEuSIZCuU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
Education Minister Anders Adlercreutz (SPP) told Yle News he wants to take that step. If his legislation is approved by parliament, high schools would be in a position to begin offering a curriculum in English by the autumn of 2026 https://yle.fi/a/74-20121822 Education minister "confident" Finland will introduce English-language matriculation exam by 2028 The upper secondary exam is currently only available in Finnish or Swedish, but there has been growing demand to offer some high school students the option of taking it in English. The matriculation exam, which high school... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Firstpost
India's central bank - the RBI - has announced that it secretly repatriated around 102 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of England vaults. The gold, which is part of the RBI's reserves, had been pledged in London during the 1990s financial crisis. Why did the RBI decide to bring it back? Palki Sharma tells you. https://youtu.be/26ProKXH7sk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ඉල්ලන්නේවත් නැතිව ලෝක බැංකුවෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 200ක් ලබාදුන් බව ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්‍රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මිරිහාන ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවැති ජාතික ජන බලවේග මහ මැතිවරණ ජන හමුවක් අමතමින් ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේය. අද වන විට මෙරට ආණ්ඩුවකට ලැබුණු වැඩිම ජාත්‍යන්තර සහයෝගය හිමි ආණ්ඩුව බවට මෙම ආණ්ඩුව පත්ව ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ‘ලෝක බැංකුව අපි ඉල්ලන්නෙත් නැතුව පහුගිය දවස්වල අපේ ආණ්ඩුවට ඩොලර් මිලියන 200ක් දුන්නා සංවර්ධන වැඩවලට පාවිච්චි කරගන්න කියලා’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේත් කනෙන් රිංගා රාජකාරි අවශ්‍යතා මත යනුවෙන් සඳහන් කර සී අයිද්ධියේ ප්‍රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක ඉන්දුක ද සිල්වා මහතාව සීඅයිඩියෙන් පොලිස් මුලස්ථානයට මාරු කිරීමට රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා ක්‍රියාකළ බවත්, රාජකාරි අවශ්‍යතා මත යැයි පැවසූවද කිසිම රාජකාරියක් ඔහුට පවරා නැති බවත් සර්වජන බලය කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් අපේක්ෂක සහ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (04) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුව හා එක් වෙමිනි. එහිදී තවදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඒ මහතා, "රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතාගේ නොසැලකිල්ල නිසා පාස්කු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island
When I wrote “Will SL govt. do better than the UK Labour administration?” (The Island, 18 October), I never imagined that there would be the need for a follow-up anytime soon but, as it happens, a downward spiral seems to have started already and cracks are appearing in the new administration of Sri Lanka. On top of the fracas about the Easter Sunday bomb attack probes, the pretty mask of the NPP, which won votes from even those sceptical about the JVP, seems to be coming off revealing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
The Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) yesterday (03) dismissed Sarvajana Balaya claim that it had reached a post-general election understanding with the NPP government on the setting up of a federal structure in the Northern and Eastern Provinces and the inclusion of ITAK frontliner M. A. Sumanthiran, PC, in President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s cabinet as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A senior party spokesperson said so when The Island sought the ITAK response to Sarvajana Balaya Colombo District candidate Udaya Gammanpila’s recent accusations regarding a clandestine agreement between the two parties. “We wouldn’t have responded to Gammanpila’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, November 04 (Daily Mirror)- NPP member Tilvin Silva refuted making any allegations of hidden money in Uganda, while saying that such claims were made by the SJBers. He told a news conference that it was the NPP which said the so-called containers of US Dollars were printed here and taken to Uganda. "We did not say any Uganda story. It was the SJBers who said that. We said those days that there could be hidden money in Uganda and other countries. We said the alleged containers full of dollars... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
by Garvin Karunaratne
The Department for Development of Agricultural Marketing(Marketing Department) My desk at Tripoli Market had three telephones. Tripoli Market was a very large hanger, perhaps the largest hanger fixed by the British Armed Forces during the Second World War, taken over by the Marketing Department where the headquarters of the vegetable and fruit marketing scheme was housed. This was in 1957 when there were no hand phones and it was even difficult to get a phone connection. It was rare for three telephones to sit on a single table, but so it was and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
e-Con e-News
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 October – 02 November 2024 History is a joker who slaps us awake while its paid-up historians (anaesthetists, really) try to dope us asleep. Yet history is also recorded in our muscles & memories. More & more Sri Lankans are forced out of the country to seek more dollared work. The state keeps being obstructed from enabling skilled employment. We end up having to contend with the wage slavemasters of the world. And history,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
Today is 3rd November when All Saints (1st Nov) & All Souls (2nd Nov) are Peacefully-in-Slumber in Heaven when the Results of USA Elections Tumbled them from Slumber! The Two Options - Who Wins! 1: Donald Trump Wins!
*Democrats Accept Defeat and Walks away with their Tails between their Legs! *Kamala Harris decides to open Mc Harris Potato Fries with Spicy Indian Fish Curry chain! *Elon Musk becomes the Globally First Trillionaire! *Vladimir Putin Announces that he will Unilaterally Declare Cease Fire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
By Rocco Caldero Courtesy RIO TIMES
(for Sri Lanka and Sovereignty amid Digital Hype?) November 1, 2024 (Opinion) The Kenyan government’s recent decision to grant diplomatic immunity to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has sparked significant controversy and raised alarm bells about power, accountability, and the timing of this move. This unprecedented decision shields the foundation and its staff from legal consequences for actions taken in their official capacity, a privilege typically reserved for diplomatic missions and international organizations. The timing of this decision is particularly noteworthy, as Bill... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, November 3 (The Island): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urgently recalled 15 ambassadors and high commissioners appointed based on political affiliations to Sri Lanka. According to sources within the ministry, Secretary Aruni Wijewardena has issued this directive. Among those recalled are Mohan Peiris, a former ambassador who served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York; Rohitha Bogollagama, a former foreign minister appointed as the High Commissioner to the UK; Kshenuka Senewiratne, a former ambassador appointed as the High Commissioner to India; Chitrangani Wagishwara, appointed as the High Commissioner... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර්
ආණ්ඩුවේ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක විජිත හේරත් ඇමැතිවරයා ආණ්ඩුව ණය ගෙන නොමැති බව ප්‍රකාශ කළ ද ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව මගින් තම වෙබ් අඩවියේ ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ණය ගත් බව පැහැදිලිව සඳහන් කර ඇති බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. රූපවාහිනී සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ ඉකුත් 29 වැනි දා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් කෝටි 14,500ක ණය ගෙන ඇති බව හා මහ බැංකුව එය සනාථ කර ඇති බවත්ය. වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව එක් මසක දී කෝටි 76,875ක් ණය ගෙන ඇති බවත්, මේ වන විට සමස්තයක් ලෙස ආණ්ඩුව කෝටි 95, 875ක් ණය ගෙන ඇති බවත්, එවැනි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy Business Recorder Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has awarded 200 fully and partially funded scholarships to the 6th batch of Sri Lankan students under the Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarship Programme. Around 500 Sri Lankan students, apart from these awardees, are already pursuing their undergraduate, MS and PhD studies in leading universities in Pakistan. According to a HEC statement issued on Sunday, HEC in collaboration with the Pakistan High Commission, Colombo held a ceremony for the newly selected students in Colombo. General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defense Staff was the chief guest. High... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The country will crash like the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) bus which toppled along the Dunhinda-Badulla Road if you don’t elect experienced persons to Parliament, former President Ranil Wickremeisinghe said over the weekend. Wickremesinghe, who was responding in lighter vein to a question during a forum held at the Arcade Independence Square, said the country will crash like the bus which toppled along the Dunhinda-Badulla Road if the people fail to elect experienced persons to Parliament. https://youtu.be/5b0ND7hRDrk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, November 03 (Daily Mirror)- Former Presidents used to enjoy unlimited perks and privileges where they used to get organic vegetables that were grown in Nuwara Eliya every week for their consumption, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed today. Speaking at an election rally in Nuwara Eliya, the President said he instructed the officials at the Presidential Secretariat to use the vegetables received from Nuwara Eliya to prepare food for security officials. "I learnt that organic vegetables had been grown in the land belonging to the President's House in Nuwara Eliya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
By Raj Gonsalkorale
Paradox of Power: Militarily it is a unipolar world of U.S. hegemony; economically it is a multipolar world with U.S. leadership; but on many transnational issues – such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the migration of people, epidemic disease, drugs, and environmental degradation – we live in a world only a step or two short of chaos (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/american-power-the-world) The world awaits the decision of the voters of the USA on the 4th of November as to who will be their next President. Will it be Kamala Harris or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Manuka Wijesinghe,
WHAT IS GENDER IDENTITY. Wikipedia states that ‘gender identity’ is an individual self-conception of perceiving oneself as man or woman, as fluctuating between man and woman or being something outside of man and woman. Gender identity, despite political, social and lexical prominence, given to it, especially it in the last years; is an imagined state of selfhood. It is not science. It is an ideology. Empirically, there exists ONLY two biological sexes. Yet, gender ideology’s Denial of Reality is not only being pressed upon children, but been taught and proselytized through western institutions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Michigan State University
Posted on February 11th, 2022 One of my earlier papers which is appropriate for the moment- Garvin Karunaratne The Editorial of The Island tells it all: The challenge before us is to retrace our steps, figure out where we took wrong turns, and forge ahead in the right direction as many other nations have already done. Easier said than done, but there seems to be no other way.” The problem is that even to retrace our footsteps there is no consensus in learned opinions. Addressing the Tenth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island
UNHRC in session (file photo) During the 57th Session of the UNHRC, Sri Lanka restated its opposition to HRC Resolution 51/1; a carryover of Resolution 46/1. These Resolutions were “consistently rejected” on grounds that the evidence gathering mechanism within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “is an unprecedented and ad hoc expansion of the Council’s mandate and contradicts its founding principles of impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity”. The OHCHR’s mandate under Resolution HRC 46/1 states: “In March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
At least and at last President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Getting the Stick Out! The Sri Lankan Ambassadors & High Commissioners have been a Joke ! Most of these "His Excellencies" were enjoying High Life in their "Castles" overseas, pretending to be like jumped-up "Kings" at the expense of the country. One Ambassador, on the 4th February ordered his staff to position all the Sri Lankan guests at the bottom of the stairs, when the Ambassador & wife walked down the stairs, slowly, whilst the National Anthem played, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean
Linkedin - In the second half of 2023, over 46 million fake accounts that were removed from LinkedIn Facebook-; Estimates that 4-5% of those accounts are fake, meaning there may be as many as 150 million fake accounts.7 Feb 2024 Google-; Prevented over 170 million policy-violating reviews and removed 12 million fake business profiles X - Twitter-; 20 million fake Twitter accounts. With a reported 500 million registered users, that comes out to roughly 4% of all Twitter accounts being fake (bots). Which Dating Site has the most fake profiles? Facebook was mentioned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
