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Protection from Harassment Act
(CHAPTER 256A)
Protection from Harassment
(Prescribed Internet Intermediaries and Others)
Regulations 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1) of the Protection from Harassment Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Protection from Harassment (Prescribed Internet Intermediaries and Others) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 April 2020.
Disabling order
2.  For the purpose of section 15C(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed internet intermediaries are as follows:
(a)Facebook, Inc., in respect of —
(i)Facebook; and
(ii)Instagram;
(b)Twitter, Inc., in respect of Twitter;
(c)SPH Magazines Pte. Ltd., in respect of HardwareZone.com;
(d)WeChat International Pte. Ltd., in respect of WeChat;
(e)Google LLC, in respect of YouTube.
Targeted correction order
3.  For the purpose of section 15D(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed internet intermediaries are as follows:
(a)Facebook, Inc., in respect of —
(i)Facebook; and
(ii)Instagram;
(b)Twitter, Inc., in respect of Twitter;
(c)SPH Magazines Pte. Ltd., in respect of HardwareZone.com;
(d)WeChat International Pte. Ltd., in respect of WeChat;
(e)Google LLC, in respect of YouTube.
General correction order
4.—(1)  For the purposes of section 15E(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed holder of a permit under section 21 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (Cap. 206) is Singapore Press Holdings Limited.
(2)  For the purposes of section 15E(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed broadcasting licensees within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 28) are as follows:
(a)Mediacorp Pte. Ltd.;
(b)Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd;
(c)Starhub Cable Vision Ltd.;
(d)SingNet Pte Ltd.
(3)  For the purpose of section 15E(2)(c) of the Act, the prescribed holders of a licence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323) are as follows:
(a)Singtel Mobile Singapore Pte. Ltd.;
(b)Starhub Mobile Pte Ltd;
(c)M1 Limited.
(4)  For the purpose of section 15E(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed internet intermediaries are as follows:
(a)Facebook, Inc., in respect of —
(i)Facebook; and
(ii)Instagram;
(b)Twitter, Inc., in respect of Twitter;
(c)SPH Magazines Pte. Ltd., in respect of HardwareZone.com;
(d)Google LLC, in respect of Google Search;
(e)Baidu, Inc., in respect of Baidu.
Made on 24 March 2020.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA112/2/00114; AG/LEGIS/SL/256A/2020/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 20A of the Protection from Harassment Act).
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