Reblogged from When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene:
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 14 October 2012
The battle to keep the Internet open and free is being fought on several fronts, and for a whole range of reasons – from access to knowledge and enabling social justice and to supporting democratic pluralism and market liberalism.
With connectivity spreading and getting cheaper, an estimated 3 million Lankans (15% of population) regularly use the medium.



