Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) (Reports to Commissioner) Regulations 2026

Regulation 3

Preconditions for report of online harmful activity

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 23(2) of the Act, the following preconditions must be satisfied before a person makes a report of an alleged online harmful activity under section 23(1) of the Act:

(a)

the person must make a report to the online service provider that the alleged online harmful activity has occurred by means of the online service;

(b)

the report mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) must be made at least 24 hours before the person makes a report under section 23(1) of the Act.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) does not apply if the alleged online harmful activity falls within any of the following types of online harmful activity:

(a)

image‑based child abuse;

(b)

intimate image abuse;

(c)

doxxing.