Sadun Arosha Fernando has been appointed to the position of Deputy Media Director for Fact Check in the Presidential Media Division.
Apart from that, Arosha Fernando will function as the Deputy Director of the English Editorial.
Arosha, a co-founder of Citizen Fact Check The first fact checking service started by a media organization in Sri Lanka, previously worked as its editor-in-chief. Trained by the International fact checking network (IFCN), Arosha has extensive experience combating disinformation in Sri Lanka.
This is the first time a position has been established to combat disinformation and fact check at President’s office in Sri Lanka.