Singapore legislation

Clause 2

Purposes of Act

The purposes of this Act are —

(a)

to provide persons affected by online harmful activity with —

(i)

timely means of redress; and

(ii)

statutory rights of action and remedies in court proceedings;

(b)

to improve and promote online safety for persons;

(c)

to deter and prevent online harmful activity and mitigate harm caused to persons by such activity; and

(d)

to promote accountability and responsible and reasonable conduct among participants and stakeholders in the online environment.