Overview

• Legislation would establish an Online Safety Commission to handle victim reports and issue directions including takedowns, account restrictions and rights of reply, with access‑blocking or app removal as backstops.
• The initial rollout targets five harms—online harassment, doxxing, stalking, intimate image abuse and image‑based child abuse—with protections slated to start by end‑H1 2026 and other categories to follow in stages.
• Failure to comply with directions would be a criminal offence, with penalties up to S$20,000 and 12 months’ jail for individuals and up to S$500,000 for entities, plus additional daily fines; ISPs and app stores also face tiered fines for non‑compliance.
• New statutory torts would give victims a clear civil cause of action against communicators, administrators and platforms, enabling courts to grant damages and injunctions.
• Victims generally must report to the platform first, except for urgent harms such as intimate image abuse or child abuse material, and the commission can order disclosure of perpetrator identities and require larger platforms to collect more identity information.