(4) A prescribed digital advertising intermediary or prescribed internet intermediary that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction—
- (a) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
- (b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.
Codes of practice
48.—(1) The Competent Authority may issue one or more codes of practice applicable to one or both of the following:
- (a) prescribed digital advertising intermediaries or prescribed types of digital advertising intermediaries;
- (b) prescribed internet intermediaries or prescribed types of internet intermediaries,
for the purpose of enhancing disclosure of the sponsor and other information concerning any paid content that is directed towards a political end, that is communicated in Singapore.
(2) The Competent Authority may issue one or more codes of practice applicable to prescribed internet intermediaries or prescribed types of internet intermediaries, for one or more of the following purposes:
- (a) to detect, control and safeguard against coordinated inauthentic behaviour and any other misuse of online accounts;
- (b) to give prominence to credible sources of information;
- (c) to not give prominence to a declared online location and an online location that is or that contains—
- (i) a statement of fact that is the subject of a Part 3 Direction; or
- (ii) any material that is the subject of a Part 4 Direction.
(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a code of practice may—
