Early adoption across Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Bangladesh suggests younger users are prioritising trust, dignity and control in the AI and deepfake era

Sri Lanka is joining a wider shift in how young South Asians choose digital spaces. ZKTOR, Softa Technologies’ privacy-led Indian social platform, has crossed half millions+ beta users across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, driven largely by Gen Z and young women. The trend signals rising demand for safer participation, stronger control and platforms built around local social realities.

ZKTOR is being positioned as an all in one Indian social media platform for an age shaped by artificial intelligence, deepfakes, cyber insecurity and distrust of unsafe online environments. Its architecture includes privacy and data safety by design, Zero Knowledge Server Architecture, No URL Media Architecture, no behaviour tracking and default multi layer encryption. These choices aim to reduce misuse, unwanted exposure and hidden vulnerability, concerns that matter strongly to younger users and women.

For Gen Z in Sri Lanka and South Asia, ZKTOR’s appeal is both practical and social. A cleaner, predictable platform fits homes, schools and community settings where reputation matters. For young women, safety directly affects confidence, visibility and participation. By placing dignity and control at the centre, ZKTOR’s early acceptance becomes a cultural signal as much as a technology signal.

It also reshapes how Indian technology is viewed regionally. Early traction in Sri Lanka and neighbouring markets shows users may trust Indian-built platforms when they respect privacy, cultural sensitivity, language diversity and social comfort, strengthening India’s role as a regional platform builder.

The thinking behind ZKTOR reflects that ambition. Softa founder Sunil Kumar Singh combines rural Indian roots with more than two decades of exposure to Finland’s disciplined and rights conscious design culture. His argument is that user protection technologies already existed, but were not made default. ZKTOR is therefore framed as an answer to a system where users often accept complex terms and policies without real understanding or control.

ZKTOR also connects to a wider ecosystem. Subkuz is being developed for hyperlocal news and diaspora communities. Ezowm focuses on hyperlocal commerce. Hola AI works as an intelligence and safety layer. ZHAN, the proposed hyperlocal advertising network, is being developed to connect local businesses, creators, service providers and nearby audiences in a structured way. This gives the platform a broader role beyond social interaction.

For Sri Lanka, that broader role includes employment potential. If ZKTOR continues to scale across South Asia, it could create opportunities for Sri Lankan youth in operations, marketing, content creation, local campaigns and digital services linked to the platform ecosystem. With Softa planning beta expansion to Bhutan, Pakistan and Maldives, ZKTOR is becoming a wider test of how South Asia’s younger users want to engage online. If current trends continue, trust, safety and dignity may become the foundation of the region’s next digital phase.