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Two of the world’s largest digital platforms, Facebook and Whatsapp, today issued a joint statement expressing their disappointment at not receiving credit from CBK for their role in defeating the UPFA at the last election after being left out of a statement made by the former President in India during hr visit to assure Modi that she’s the actual person in charge over here.
Mrs. Princetunga acknowleged the role that Viber played in the defeat of Mr. Rajapakse in January allowing his opponents to maintain communication that could not be tapped. However Facebook claimed that they too played a pivotol role by facilitating the large scale exposure of the gaffes and incoherent statements made by members of the former government including most memorably the existence of a toll gate in the skies over Mattala that collected fees from planes flying overhead and most things Mr Gammanpilla said.
Meanwhile Whatsapp said that it too should be commended for allowing people to emoji each other on political stances that their friends took during the election despite a full keyboard being made available to commuicate in words, which is becoming a dying art. EPM or Emojis Per Minute reached a new high for Sri Lanka in the days running up to the election with smileys peaking following messages citing the UNP and thumbs down emojis used most frequently after any mention of the SLFP.
Former MP who was not nominated by his party at the general election, Duminda Silva, said that the app he was most disappointed with was Instagram as, despite placing several orders, he never received any.
