In today’s digital landscape, misinformation spreads rapidly across social media and messaging platforms, influencing public opinion and shaping conversations. Understanding how and why people encounter, verify, and share false information is critical to addressing these challenges. To explore these human factors in information disorder, LIRNEasia conducted a nationally representative survey in Sri Lanka. The study spanned 150 Grama Niladhari divisions, the country’s smallest administrative units. A total of 2,610 respondents were surveyed, including 1,797 Sinhala news consumers and 813 Tamil news consumers, all aged over 18 and able to consume and comprehend news in their respective languages. 
In today’s digital landscape, misinformation spreads rapidly across social media and messaging platforms, influencing public opinion and shaping conversations. Understanding how and why people encounter, verify, and share false information is critical to addressing these challenges. To explore these human factors in information disorder, LIRNEasia conducted a nationally representative survey in Sri Lanka. The study spanned 150 Grama Niladhari divisions, the country’s smallest administrative units. A total of 2,610 respondents were surveyed, including 1,797 Sinhala news consumers and 813 Tamil news consumers, all aged over 18 and able to consume and comprehend news in their respective languages.