Social media platforms to remove harmful content, add safeguards under S'pore's proposed rules

Click HERE

The new Code of Practice for Online Safety and the Content Code for Social Media Services are aimed at codifying these standards in law and giving the authorities powers to take action against platforms that fail to meet the requirements.

Examples of content that could be blocked under the new codes include live-stream videos of mass shootings and viral social media “challenges” that encourage young people to perform dangerous stunts like holding their breath until they pass out.

a 2020 post by a person using a profile called “NUS Atheist Society” which depicted the Bible and the Quran in an offensive manner and a 2021 poll asking people to rank local female Muslim religious teachers according to their sexual attractiveness.