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Part 5 · Powers to Give Directions and Orders

30. Stop communication (class of material) direction — content

(1)

A stop communication (class of material) direction is a direction requiring the recipient to do one or more of the following, and by the time specified in the direction, such that the relevant class of material cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore:

(a)

to remove the relevant class of material;

(b)

to stop storing, posting, providing or transmitting the relevant class of material.

(2)

The relevant class of material mentioned in subsection (1) must be identified in the direction by one or more specific identifiers which relate to the online harmful activity concerned.ExamplesExamples of specific identifiers are —

(a)

a username which a piece of online material is tagged with; (b) a specific term which a piece of online material contains; and (c) the online location which a piece of online material is communicated at.

(3)

In addition to applying to online material that is made accessible to persons in Singapore before or on the date the direction is given, a stop communication (class of material) direction may also apply to online material that is first made accessible to persons in Singapore after the date the direction is given.

(4)

To avoid doubt, a stop communication (class of material) direction is not invalid merely because, apart from applying to online material communicated through an online harmful activity, the direction also applies to online material not communicated through an online harmful activity.

Report

Part 6

Information and End‑User Identity Matters

Part 7

Reconsideration and Appeals

Part 8

Offences and Enforcement

Part 9

General and Miscellaneous

Part 10

Online Harmful Activities — Torts

Part 11

Administrators — Duties and Torts

Part 12

Online Service Providers — Duties and Torts

Part 13

Damages and Remedies

Part 14

Jurisdictional, Procedural and Miscellaneous Matters

Part 15

Amendments to Other Acts

Schedules