§ 21 — Targeted Correction Direction

21.—(1) A Targeted Correction Direction is one issued to the internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service by means of which the subject material has been or is being communicated in Singapore, requiring it to communicate by means of that service to all end‑users in Singapore who access the subject material by means of that service at any time after a specified time, a notice (called in this Part a correction notice) that contains one or both of the following:(a)

a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the subject statement is false, or that the subject material contains or consists of a false statement of fact;

(b)

a specified statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the specified statement of fact may be found, or both.

(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a prescribed internet intermediary, the Targeted Correction Direction may also require the internet intermediary to do one or more of the following:(a)

communicate the correction notice by means of the internet intermediary service to all end‑users in Singapore who access identical copies of the subject material by means of that service at any time after the specified time;

(b)

communicate the correction notice by any means and by a specified time, to all end‑users in Singapore that it knows had accessed the subject material or identical copies of the subject material (or both) by means of that service at any time before the specified time mentioned in subsection (1);

(c)

if the internet intermediary disables access by end‑users in Singapore to the subject material at any time after the Direction is issued and before it expires or is set aside or cancelled, communicate the correction notice by means of the internet intermediary service to a specified description of end‑users in Singapore.

(3) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Targeted Correction Direction; and

(b)

an end‑user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.

—(1) A Targeted Correction Direction is one issued to the internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service by means of which the subject material has been or is being communicated in Singapore, requiring it to communicate by means of that service to all end‑users in Singapore who access the subject material by means of that service at any time after a specified time, a notice (called in this Part a correction notice) that contains one or both of the following:(a)

a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the subject statement is false, or that the subject material contains or consists of a false statement of fact;

(b)

a specified statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the specified statement of fact may be found, or both.

(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a prescribed internet intermediary, the Targeted Correction Direction may also require the internet intermediary to do one or more of the following:(a)

communicate the correction notice by means of the internet intermediary service to all end‑users in Singapore who access identical copies of the subject material by means of that service at any time after the specified time;

(b)

communicate the correction notice by any means and by a specified time, to all end‑users in Singapore that it knows had accessed the subject material or identical copies of the subject material (or both) by means of that service at any time before the specified time mentioned in subsection (1);

(c)

if the internet intermediary disables access by end‑users in Singapore to the subject material at any time after the Direction is issued and before it expires or is set aside or cancelled, communicate the correction notice by means of the internet intermediary service to a specified description of end‑users in Singapore.

(3) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Targeted Correction Direction; and

(b)

an end‑user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.