§ 5 — Purpose of Act

5. 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.