Singapore: Adopted Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 (No. 17/2023)
Description
Adopted Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 (No. 17/2023)
On 5 July 2023, the Online Criminal Harms Act was passed by the Parliament of Singapore. The Act will allow the Government to issue five types of directions to any online service through which criminal activities could be conducted. These include th…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, online advertising provider, platform intermediary: user-generated content, streaming service provider, platform intermediary: e-commerce, other service provider, software provider: app stores, search service provider, software provider: other software, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-05-08
under deliberation
2023-07-05
adopted
2023-07-24
adopted