Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Directions to Internet Intermediaries and Providers of Mass Media Services
25. Provisions applicable to all Part 4 Directions and Remedial Orders
Feedback & supportA Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order may be issued to a person whether the person is in or outside Singapore.
Part 4 Direction
“Part 4 Direction” means a Targeted Correction Direction, a Disabling Direction or a General Correction Direction;
A Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order may require a person to whom it is issued to do an act in or outside Singapore.
A Part 4 Direction must identify in sufficient detail the subject material and the subject statement.
material
“material” means anything that consists of or contains a statement;Examples Examples of a material are a message, a post, an article, a speech, a picture, a video recording and a sound recording.
A Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order remains in effect until the date it expires (if any), it is set aside under section 29 (if applicable) or it is cancelled under section 31.
A person who is issued a Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order is responsible for the costs of complying with the Direction.
A person (A) to whom a General Correction Direction is issued may bring civil proceedings in a court against a person (B) who is the author of the subject statement and who communicated in Singapore the subject material, to recover the costs reasonably incurred by A to comply with the Direction.
General Correction Direction
“General Correction Direction” means a direction issued under section 23;
In such proceedings, the court, if it is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that B has contravened section 7 when communicating the subject material in Singapore, may award to A such damages for those costs as the court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, thinks just and equitable.