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POFMA Office

Regulations

POFMA legislation, regulations, and Codes of Practice

Last updated on 4 June 2026

Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)

POFMA’s primary tools to counter online falsehoods are the correction directions - these directions do not require the online falsehood to be removed. In more serious cases, a stop communication or disabling direction may be used.

These directions can only be issued if:

  • A false statement of fact has been or is being communicated in Singapore through the Internet; and

  • It is in the public interest to issue the direction.

Click to access the following via Singapore Statutes Online:

  1. POFMA (opens in new tab)

  2. POFMA Regulations (opens in new tab)

  3. POFMA Rules of Court (opens in new tab)

  4. List of intermediaries prescribed under the POFMA Regulations (opens in new tab)

Codes of Practice

The POFMA Office has, under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), issued Codes of Practice to ensure that prescribed Internet intermediaries and digital advertising intermediaries have adequate systems and processes in place to prevent and counter the misuse of online accounts by malicious actors, enhance the transparency of political advertising, and de-prioritise online falsehoods.

  1. Code of Practice for Giving Prominence to Credible Online Sources of Information PDF (opens in new tab)

  2. Code of Practice for Transparency of Online Political Advertisements PDF (opens in new tab)

  3. Code of Practice for Preventing and Countering Abuse of Online Accounts PDF (opens in new tab)

  4. List of prescribed intermediaries subject to the Codes of Practice PDF (opens in new tab)