Cabinet on October 12 approved the proposed ‘Defence Cyber Commands Act’ as well as a similar bill that aims to impose cyber protection under the guise of combatting ‘terrorist groups and criminals’, reports Tamil Guardian. In detailing the proposals, Sri Lanka's Department of Government Information maintained that "terrorist groups and criminals have tended to use the cyberspace and electronic communication for terrorist activities, organized crimes and anti-social activities". It further maintained the need to regulate cyberspace as a matter of "national security" and for this to establish "established at the institutional level at present by the three - armed forces, Police and other agencies".