§ 24 — Correction notices must be easily perceived

24.—(1) A person required by a Targeted Correction Direction, Disabling Direction or General Correction Direction to communicate in Singapore, publish, broadcast, transmit by means of a telecommunication service, or give, a correction notice must ensure that it is easily perceived.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) but subject to subsection (3), a correction notice is easily perceived if —(a)

the notice (not being an audio recording) is conspicuous, regardless of the type of platform or device used by the end‑user or viewer;

Illustration

A correction notice that is in a text form is conspicuous if it is sufficiently differentiated from the background and is of a reasonable type size compared to the rest of the text on the same page.

(b)

the notice is easy to read, view or listen to, and not easy to miss;

Illustrations

(a) Where the correction notice is an audio recording, it is easy to listen to if it is in a volume and cadence sufficient for it to be heard and understood.

(b) Where the correction notice is a video recording or a dynamic display, it is easy to view if it appears for a duration sufficient for it to be viewed and understood.

(c)

the notice (not being an audio recording) is placed near the subject statement (where relevant), and in a location where end‑users or viewers are likely to look; and

(d)

an end‑user, viewer or listener is not required to refer to a separate online location or any other thing in order to read, view, listen to or understand the notice;

Example

An example of such requirement is the mere provision of a hyperlink to the correction notice or a part of it.

(3) Without limiting the manner of complying with subsection (1), a correction notice is taken to be easily perceived if it complies with such measures as may be prescribed.

(4) If the Minister who instructed the Competent Authority to issue the Direction under subsection (1) is of the view that subsection (1) is not complied with, the Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to order the person to whom the Direction is issued to take, within such time as may be specified, such measures as the Minister considers necessary or desirable to remedy the non‑compliance.

—(1) A person required by a Targeted Correction Direction, Disabling Direction or General Correction Direction to communicate in Singapore, publish, broadcast, transmit by means of a telecommunication service, or give, a correction notice must ensure that it is easily perceived.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) but subject to subsection (3), a correction notice is easily perceived if —(a)

the notice (not being an audio recording) is conspicuous, regardless of the type of platform or device used by the end‑user or viewer;

Illustration

A correction notice that is in a text form is conspicuous if it is sufficiently differentiated from the background and is of a reasonable type size compared to the rest of the text on the same page.

(b)

the notice is easy to read, view or listen to, and not easy to miss;

Illustrations

(a) Where the correction notice is an audio recording, it is easy to listen to if it is in a volume and cadence sufficient for it to be heard and understood.

(b) Where the correction notice is a video recording or a dynamic display, it is easy to view if it appears for a duration sufficient for it to be viewed and understood.

(c)

the notice (not being an audio recording) is placed near the subject statement (where relevant), and in a location where end‑users or viewers are likely to look; and

(d)

an end‑user, viewer or listener is not required to refer to a separate online location or any other thing in order to read, view, listen to or understand the notice;

Example

An example of such requirement is the mere provision of a hyperlink to the correction notice or a part of it.

(3) Without limiting the manner of complying with subsection (1), a correction notice is taken to be easily perceived if it complies with such measures as may be prescribed.

(4) If the Minister who instructed the Competent Authority to issue the Direction under subsection (1) is of the view that subsection (1) is not complied with, the Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to order the person to whom the Direction is issued to take, within such time as may be specified, such measures as the Minister considers necessary or desirable to remedy the non‑compliance.