Singapore: Closed consultation on the Code of Conduct for Online Safety and the Social Media Services Content Code

On 10 August 2022, the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) closed a public consultation on the Code of Conduct for Online Safety and the Content Code for Social Media Services, which purpose is to enhance the online safety of social media users in Singapore. The Code of Conduct for Online Safety requires social media services providers to take additional safety measures and safeguards to improve online safety for users, especially minors. In addition, the Online Safety Code of Conduct would require social media platforms to set community standards in six categories: sexual content, violent content, self-harming content, cyberbullying content, content that endangers public health, and content that promotes vice and organised crime. The Social Media Services Content Code gives the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) the power to order any social media service to block local access to any content that incites racial or religious disharmony or intolerance.