Singapore legislation
Section 5
of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019
Section 5
Purpose of Act
The purpose of this Act is —
(a)
to prevent the communication of false statements of fact in Singapore and to enable measures to be taken to counteract the effects of such communication;
(b)
to suppress the financing, promotion and other support of online locations that repeatedly communicate false statements of fact in Singapore;
(c)
to enable measures to be taken to detect, control and safeguard against coordinated inauthentic behaviour and other misuses of online accounts and bots; and
(d)
to enable measures to be taken to enhance disclosure of information concerning paid content directed towards a political end.