Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) (Online Harm Notice) Regulations 2026
Regulation 4
Prescribed manner for sending online harm notice
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of sections 91(2)(b) and 94(2)(b) of the Act, an online harm notice must be sent to an administrator of an online location or an online service provider (as the case may be) in the following manner:
if the online service provider has made the prescribed form applicable to the online service provider available on its online service — by completing and submitting that form;
if the online service provider has designated an email address for the receipt of online harm notices — by sending the online harm notice to that email address;
if the online service provider has designated any other means of electronic communication for the receipt of online harm notices — by submitting the online harm notice to the online service provider’s designated means of electronic communication;
if sub‑paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not apply but the online service provider has either —
an account on any online service, and that online service provides a mechanism for that online service provider to receive electronic communications in that account; or
an Internet website, a blog or a page on any online service, and that Internet website, blog or page on that online service provides a mechanism for the posting of comments on that Internet website, blog or page of that online service,by sending the online harm notice to that account or posting the online harm notice on that Internet website, blog or page on that online service, as the case may be;
if an administrator has either —
an account on any online service, and that online service provides a mechanism for that administrator to receive electronic communications in that account; or
an Internet website, a blog or a page on any online service, and that Internet website, blog or page on that online service provides a mechanism for the posting of comments on that Internet website, blog or page of that online service,by sending the online harm notice to that account or posting the online harm notice on that Internet website, blog or page on that online service, as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
The online service provider’s designated email address and designated means of electronic communication must be notified on the Internet website of the Ministry of Law at https://onlinesafety.mlaw.gov.sg.