Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 51 “false statement” means a statement that is known or believed by its maker to be incorrect or untrue and is made especially with intent to deceive or mislead but does not include a caution, an opinion or imputation made in good faith; “inauthentic online account” means an online account that is controlled by a person other than the person represented (whether by its user, unique identifier or other information) as its holder, and the representation is made for the purpose of misleading the end users in Sri Lanka of any internet intermediary service as to the holder’s identity; “internet service provider” means an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user’s choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received, including those offering telecommunication services under the Telecommunications Act, No. 25 of 1991; “internet intermediary” means a person who provides any internet intermediary service; “internet intermediary service” means(a) a service that allows end users to access materials originating from third parties on or through the internet; (b) a service of transmitting such materials to end users on or through the internet;

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