Singapore: Singapore Police Force issued disabling directions to Meta under Online Criminal Harms Act over alleged dissemination of religiously offensive content

On 8 March 2026, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) issued 5 disabling directions to Meta under the Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 (OCHA) in relation to social media posts containing a video of a man stepping on the Quran, believed to have been filmed on a public bus in Singapore. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the SPF assessed that the content constituted an offence of insulting the religion of another person in Singapore under Section 17F(4) of the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990. Although the original video was no longer available, it had been reposted and shared across other social media platforms. Following the issuance of the disabling directions, the posts containing the video are no longer accessible to end-users in Singapore. Police investigations are ongoing.