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#GotaGoGama

#GotaGoHome: The hashtag that defined Sri Lanka’s revolution

Sri Lanka

A social media-fuelled mass protest movement has forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee Sri Lanka. Plus, local journalists in India and the challenges they face. Social media users and their smartphones have driven and documented protests that ended the presidency of Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Even mainstream media outlets have been forced to assess the sort of coverage they do. Source: <https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2022/7/16/gotagohome-the-hashtag-that-defined-sri-lankas-revolution>

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Added
2024-06-21
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:44:52.000Z

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