Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Regulations 2019
Regulation 16
Criteria under section 54(1) of Act
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 54(1) of the Act, the criteria prescribed is that the person is, at the relevant time —
an internet intermediary which internet intermediary service has been accessed by a threshold of at least 500,000 unique visitors in or from Singapore per month on average, over any period of 3 consecutive months; or
a website owner or operator which website has been accessed by a threshold of at least 100,000 unique visitors in or from Singapore per month on average, over any period of 3 consecutive months.
Subregulation 2
To avoid doubt, any fall in the number of unique visitors in or from Singapore below the threshold mentioned in paragraph (1) after the relevant time is to be disregarded.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “relevant time” means the time at which the direction mentioned in section 54(1) of the Act is made.