Tech blogger Amitha Amarasinghe alleges that Facebook is being portrayed negatively in mainstream media in Sri Lanka accompanied with saucy headlines like "Student commits Suicide over a Facebook photo", "Facebook love ends in Death" etc: 
Mwanablogu wa Teknolojia Amitha Amarasinghe anadai kwamba mtandao wa Facebook unapewa taswira hasi na vyombo vikuu vya habari nchini Sri Lanka kwa vichwa vya habari kama "Mwanafunzi ajiua shauri ya picha iliyowekwa Facebook", "Mapenzi ya Facebook yaishia na kifo" na kadhalika.