The Information Department of Sri Lanka says access to social media platforms have been temporarily suspended, reports Newsfirst.
Meanwhile, the Police curfew imposed in Chilaw last evening, to control a tense situation, was lifted at 4 this morning.
The Police curfew imposed in the Bingiriya, Dummalasooriya and Kuliyapitiya areas yesterday was lifted at 6am.
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka's west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.