A Bill that empowers the Government to remove criminal online content was passed in Singapore Parliament on July 5.
The Online Criminal Harms Act will allow the Government to tell individuals, entities, online and Internet service providers, and app stores to remove or block access to content it suspects is being used to commit crimes.
Under the new law, five types of directions can be issued when there is reason to believe an offence has been committed online. Teo said that unlike the Broadcasting Act, which was amended in 2022 and currently covers only social media services, the new Bill covers all mediums of online communication through which criminal activities can be conducted.
She said it would provide the Government with the targeted levers to issue directions against scams and malicious cyber activities, including against online activity that is suspected to be in preparation for such offences.
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