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Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 s 23

s 23 General Correction Direction

23.—(1) A General Correction Direction is one issued to one of the following persons to carry out an act mentioned in subsection (2):(a) a prescribed internet intermediary; (b) a prescribed holder of a permit under section 21 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974; (c) a prescribed broadcasting licensee within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1994; (d) a prescribed holder of a licence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1999; (e) such other person as may be prescribed. (2) The act mentioned in subsection (1) is —(a) if the direction is issued to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), to communicate a correction notice in Singapore by means of the internet intermediary service provided by it, to all end‑users who use that service at any time after the specified time, or a specified description of such end‑users; (b) if the direction is issued to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(b), to publish a correction notice in a specified newspaper or printed publication by the specified time; (c) if the direction is issued to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(c), to broadcast a correction notice in Singapore by the specified time; (d) if the direction is issued to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(d), to transmit a correction notice by means of the telecommunications service provided by it, to all end‑users who use that service at any time after the specified time, or to a specified description of such end‑users; (e) if the direction is issued to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(e), to give a correction notice to a specified person or description of persons, by the specified means and by the specified time. (3) In this section, “specified” means specified in the General Correction Direction.

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