Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Regulations 2019

Regulation 8

Requirements for Account Restriction Directions

An Account Restriction Direction must contain —

(a)

details of the specified online account that is the subject of the Account Restriction Direction;

(b)

the basis on which —

(i)

the subject statement communicated using the specified online account is determined to be a false statement of fact; or

(ii)

the subject behaviour carried out using the specified online account is determined to be coordinated inauthentic behaviour;

(c)

the basis on which the Minister concerned has determined that the specified online account is —

(i)

an inauthentic account; or

(ii)

controlled by a bot;

(d)

a statement that the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to issue the Account Restriction Direction;

(e)

the email address at which any application to the Minister to vary or cancel the Account Restriction Direction must be sent; and

(f)

a statement to the effect that any application to the Minister to vary or cancel the Account Restriction Direction must be in writing and —

(i)

either —

(A)

be made and completed in the form that may be obtained from the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specified in the Account Restriction Direction; or

(B)

if not made and completed in that form, meet the requirements mentioned in regulation 13(3); and

(ii)

be sent by email to the email address specified in the Account Restriction Direction.