Here's what the proposed Act will cover ⬇️
SINGAPORE - With online threats steadily on the rise, Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo said in Parliament on Monday that her ministry will be introducing the Online Criminal Harms Act in Singapore later this year.
It will increase the scope of entities the government can act against. All mediums of online communications through which criminal activities could be conducted will be covered under this Act.The Act aims to close gaps left by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, which was passed in 2019 to tackle the spread of online fake news, and the Foreign Interference Act that was passed in 2021.
She referenced video game "loot boxes", which feature a range of virtual items of value in which players may win based on varied probabilities. Such loot boxes are currently allowed via a class licensing regime if the video game fulfils either of two conditions:The video game does not contain monetisation facilities .She reiterated that gambling is prohibited in Singapore unless licensed or exempted, whether online or physically.
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