“Finding a balance between the democratisation of news and the legal obligations of the user to prevent harm is the complex question that many countries have to grapple with, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Male.He said that the abuse of democratic space through disseminating hate speeches and fake news are a real danger. “The social media is like a god of ancient times: Both the creator and the destroyer: It has the ability to spread the message of freedom as well as to rouse passions and emotions that lead to its destruction,” he said.