Singapore legislation
Clause 85
Clause 85
Tort of online impersonation
(1)
A person (X) must not conduct any online activity that constitutes online impersonation if the online activity is likely to cause a victim harassment, alarm, distress or humiliation.
(2)
If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the online impersonation may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.
(3)
In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —
(a)
that X’s conduct was reasonable; or
(b)
that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the online impersonation.
(4)
In this section, “victim”, in relation to online impersonation, means the victim mentioned in section 15.