Singapore legislation
Section 15D
Section 15D
Targeted correction order
(1)
A court may, on an application by the subject of an alleged false statement of fact (called in this section the relevant statement), make a targeted correction order against an internet intermediary (called in this section the respondent) if —
the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that —
any material consisting of or containing the relevant statement has been or is being published by means of an internet intermediary service provided by the respondent; and
the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and
it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the targeted correction order.
(2)
A targeted correction order may require the respondent to publish a targeted correction notice —
by means of the internet intermediary service, to all end‑users in Singapore who access any specified material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the relevant statement from any specified time; and
where the respondent is a prescribed internet intermediary — by any means and by a specified time, to all end‑users in Singapore that the respondent knows had accessed the specified material mentioned in paragraph (a) or any identical copies of the specified material by means of the internet intermediary service.
(3)
A targeted correction notice must contain all or any of the following as may be specified in the targeted correction order:
a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the court has determined the specified material consists of or contains a false statement of fact;
a statement, in such terms as may be specified, correcting the false statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the statement may be found.
(4)
An end-user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.