"SMS" means a system that enables the transmission, through a mobile network, of text messages;
"statement" means any word (including abbreviation and initial), number, image (moving or otherwise), sound, symbol or other representation, or a combination of any of these;
"statutory board" means a body corporate or unincorporate established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge a public function;
"Stop Communication Direction" means a direction issued under section 12;
"Targeted Correction Direction" means a direction issued under section 21;
"telecommunication service" has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act.
(2) In this Act—
- (a) a statement of fact is a statement which a reasonable person seeing, hearing or otherwise perceiving it would consider to be a representation of fact; and
- (b) a statement is false if it is false or misleading, whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears.
(3) In this Act, a person has editorial control over an online location if the person is able to decide one or both of the following:
- (a) whether any statement may be included or excluded on the online location;
- (b) where to place any statement on the online location.
Meaning of "communicate"
3.—(1) In this Act other than in Part 2, a statement or material is communicated in Singapore if it is made available to one or more end-users in Singapore on or through the internet.
