Rules / Singapore

Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025

Partly in forceLawBinding

Creates a Commissioner of Online Safety and Online Safety Commission that can order platforms and users to act on 13 categories of online harm, and new statutory torts for victims. The first phase (from 29 Jun 2026) focuses on five harms including intimate image abuse and image-based child abuse, which cover AI-generated (deepfake) imagery.

Why it matters

Platforms serving Singapore must respond quickly to Commission directions on harmful content, including sexual deepfakes, and may have to disclose identities of anonymous perpetrators.

What it requires

Consumer rightsPenalties
SourceMinistry of Law: https://www.mlaw.gov.sg/online-safety-commission-and-online-safety-relief-and-accountability-act-2025-to-start-on-29-june-2026/ Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Passed by Parliament 5 Nov 2025; phased commencement from 29 Jun 2026. Penalty amounts not verified this session.

Cite this record

Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025. Parliament of Singapore; Ministry of Law / MDDI; Online Safety Commission. Status: Partly in force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/sg-online-safety-relief-accountability-act-2025/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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