Page:Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019.pdf/19

Rh :(b) a person does not communicate a statement in Singapore merely by doing any act for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of—
 * (i) an internet intermediary service;
 * (ii) a telecommunication service;
 * (iii) a service of giving the public access to the internet; or
 * (iv) a computing resource service.

Stop Communication Direction

12.—(1) A Stop Communication Direction is one issued to a person who communicated the subject statement in Singapore, requiring the person to stop communicating in Singapore the subject statement by the specified time.

(2) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to stop communicating any statement that is substantially similar to the subject statement.

(3) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to do one or both of the following:
 * (a) to communicate in Singapore a correction notice in the specified form and manner, to a specified person or description of persons (if any), and by the specified time;
 * (b) to publish a correction notice in the specified manner in a specified newspaper or other printed publication of Singapore.

(4) A person who communicated a false statement of fact in Singapore may be issued a Stop Communication Direction even if the person does not know or has no reason to believe that the statement is false.

(5) Once a Stop Communication Direction has been issued, the Competent Authority must publish a notice of that fact in the Gazette as soon as possible.