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Interpretation
Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024
52. (1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires–
“bot” means a computer program made or altered for
the purpose of running automated tasks;
“Chairman” includes the Deputy Chairman appointed
under subsection (6) of section 8;
“child” means a person under the age of eighteen years;
“coordinated inauthentic behaviour” means any
coordinated activity carried out using two or more
online accounts, in order to mislead the end users
in Sri Lanka of any internet intermediary service as
to any matter, but excludes any activity carried out
using online accounts(a) that are controlled by the same person; and
(b) none of which is an inauthentic online
account or is controlled by a bot;
“communicate” means communicating to one or more
end users in Sri Lanka on or through the internet, a
false statement or private information and includes
transmitting, distributing, sharing, generating,
propagating, publishing or tagging and the term
“communication” shall be construed accordingly;
“computer” means an electronic or similar device
having information processing capabilities;
“computer system” means a computer or group of interconnected computers, including the internet;
“declared online location” means an online location
declared under section 28;
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