TamilNet
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Type of site
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Online Newspaper |
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| Founder(s) | Muthuthamby Sreetharan |
| Slogan(s) | "Reporting to the world on Tamil Affairs" |
| Website | www.tamilnet.com |
| Alexa rank |
 210,601 in world, (3,793 in Sri Lanka) (Oct 2015[update]) |
| Launched | 1997 |
| Current status | Active |
TamilNet is a news website that provides news and feature articles on current affairs in Sri Lanka, specifically related to the erstwhile Sri Lankan Civil War. The website was formed by members of the Sri Lankan Tamil community residing in the United States and publishes articles in English,German and French.
It is a Tamil nationalist and is described as a pro rebel LTTE website. It is a news site that is relied upon by journalists, civil society and the diplomatic community both within Sri Lanka and globally to seek out the LTTE leadership’s perspective on the civil conflict. Tamilnet and non-governmental organizations such as Free Media Movement (FMM), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and ARTICLE 19 confirm that the website is currently banned in Sri Lanka.
Tamilnet was started by Muthuthamby Sreetharan, a graduate of Hartley College and native of Karaveddy, Jaffna and Jeyachandran Kopinath. Kopinath functions as the main editor from Norway. Sreetharan currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland.
TamilNet articles are written in simple and informative style of reporting. This is in the neutral-authoritative tone of most Western wire news services.
TamilNet reporters are on the ground mostly in the provincial villages of the North and East of Sri Lanka, where reporters are supplied with digital equipment. Reports are generated in Tamil and emailed to bilingual translators and editors in United States, Europe, Australia or to Colombo, Sri Lanka. This network of on the ground reporters has allowed TamilNet to circumvent Sri Lankan government's censorship laws.
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