Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
5. Purpose of Act
Feedback & supportThe purpose of this Act is —
to prevent the communication of false statements of fact in Singapore and to enable measures to be taken to counteract the effects of such communication;
to suppress the financing, promotion and other support of online locations that repeatedly communicate false statements of fact in Singapore;
to enable measures to be taken to detect, control and safeguard against coordinated inauthentic behaviour and other misuses of online accounts and bots; and
coordinated inauthentic behaviour
“coordinated inauthentic behaviour” means any coordinated activity carried out using 2 or more online accounts, in order to mislead end‑users in Singapore of any internet intermediary service as to any matter, but excludes any activity carried out using online accounts —(a)that are controlled by the same person; and(b)none of which is an inauthentic online account or is controlled by a bot;
to enable measures to be taken to enhance disclosure of information concerning paid content directed towards a political end.
paid content
“paid content” means any statement that is communicated in any place for consideration;