Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Bill

Clause 18

Publication of statement harmful to reputation

(1)

In this Act, “publication of statement harmful to reputation” means the publication of online material that contains or consists of a statement that a reasonable person would conclude is likely to cause to a person (called in this section the victim) —

(a)

harm to the reputation of the victim; and

(b)

any other additional harm to the victim.

(2)

The following apply for the purposes of ascertaining whether online material contains or consists of a statement which bears a particular meaning:

(a)

the statement is to be ascertained from a reasonable interpretation of the online material whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears;

(b)

there can be more than one reasonable interpretation of the online material;

(c)

the statement may be a statement of fact or an opinion, and if a statement of fact, it may be a true or false statement of fact.

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