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Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024
(e) to make recommendations to internet service
providers and internet intermediaries to remove
prohibited statements;
(f) to maintain an online portal containing information
to enlighten the public of the falsity of any
statement;
(g) to specify declared online locations in terms of the
provisions of this Act, and make recommendations
to disable access to the information disseminated
through such online location;
(h) to carry out such investigations as may be necessary
to exercise and perform the powers and functions
of the Commission;
(i) to issue codes of practice by way of rules for internet
service providers and internet intermediaries who
provide internet based communication services to
the end users in Sri Lanka;
(j) to register, in such manner as may be specified
by rules made under this Act, the websites
providing social media platforms to the end users
in Sri Lanka;
(k) to consult, to the extent the Commission considers
appropriate, any person or group of persons who or
which may be affected, or likely to be affected, in
the discharge of its powers and functions;
(l) to advise the Government, as the Commission
deems appropriate, on all matters concerning online
safety in Sri Lanka, within the purview of this
Act;
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