so i'm going to have to tell lies from the center for policy alternatives in colombo and i've been looking at the media coverage around the election some do not welcome now we're talking out of our of about 16000000 people who are eligible to vote but they are faced with a tsunami of misinformation on their well they're faced with a tsunami of information and can't get a lot of it actually is misinformation but not all of it in the elections that we have seen in the past and the region relevance of social media this election 18 to the election day on the 16th of november is kind of to rise by me beans but it's kind of the you know what you need and influence of social media on public perceptions of all the candidates. in this election you don't want the public perception based on what is there on a source of media has there been any intent by authorities maybe the election commission to try and step in and try and ensure that correct information is disseminated. well. as commission is the mind of bishop korea has repeatedly warned social media users and facebook page administrators and all