In her latest article, "Unmasking Islamophobic Disinformation in the Aftermath of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Attack," published by the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET), NESA Center alumna Charani Patabendige examines the shifting Sri Lankan threat landscape and the symbiotic relationship between the realms of physical warfare and cyberspace through the lens of the Easter Sunday terror attack in 2019.

"Disinformation is a soft security notion that leads to hard security threats. The Easter Sunday attack serves as an illustrative example of how physical violence encroached upon the digital domain, and how the digital domain reciprocally facilitated a resurgence of physical violence," writes Patabendige.

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About the Author

Charani Patabendige is an Acting Research Analyst and a Research Assistant at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the premier think tank on National Security in Sri Lanka, established and functioning under the Ministry of Defence.

About the Publisher

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and aims to better understand the ways in which terrorists use technology.

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