Section 5 — Purpose of Act

The purpose of this Act is —

(a)to prevent the communication of false statements of fact in Singapore and to enable measures to be taken to counteract the effects of such communication;

(b)to suppress the financing, promotion and other support of online locations that repeatedly communicate false statements of fact in Singapore;

(c)to enable measures to be taken to detect, control and safeguard against coordinated inauthentic behaviour and other misuses of online accounts and bots; and

(d)to enable measures to be taken to enhance disclosure of information concerning paid content directed towards a political end.