Singapore Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA, 2019)
Evidence request list. 19 controls, 19 carrying auditor artefact guidance. Generated from the compliance knowledge graph on 12 September 2026. Published by The Art of Service.
Appeals
Per POFMA: appeal mechanism + cooperation with POFMA Office + minister directions.
- POFMA evidence for SGPOFMA-4
- directions handling partial
Applicability
Per Singapore POFMA 2019: POFMA Applicability Assessment + Designated Point of Contact for Directions + Governance and Senior Accountability.
- POFMA evidence for SGPOFMA-1
- directions handling partial
Directions
Per POFMA: Intake and Verification of Directions + Compliance with Correction Directions + Stop Communication Directions.
- POFMA evidence for SGPOFMA-2
- directions handling partial
Online Accounts
Per POFMA: Online Account Direction + Targeted Correction + Service Restriction Direction.
- POFMA evidence for SGPOFMA-3
- directions handling partial
Part 2: Prohibited Conduct
Offence to communicate a false statement of fact in Singapore that is likely to be prejudicial to public interest
- content moderation policy
- false statement response procedure
- MCI correspondence log
- training records
- no moderation policy
- weak response procedure
- missing MCI tracking
Offence to make or alter a bot for the purpose of communicating false statements in Singapore
- bot detection procedures
- transparency disclosures
- platform monitoring records
- MCI correspondence
- no bot detection
- weak disclosures
- missing monitoring
Offence to provide services for communicating false statements of fact in Singapore
- service provider compliance procedure
- MCI engagement records
- monitoring logs
- legal review
- no procedure
- weak engagement
- missing legal review
Part 3: Directions to Individuals
Minister may direct the person who communicated the false statement to publish a correction notice
- correction direction response procedure
- MCI notification records
- implementation evidence
- legal review documentation
- no procedure
- weak implementation
- missing legal review
Minister may direct the person to stop communicating the false statement of fact
- stop direction response procedure
- implementation evidence
- MCI correspondence
- legal review records
- no procedure
- weak implementation
- missing correspondence
Minister may direct internet intermediaries to communicate a correction notice to users who accessed the falsehood
- targeted correction response procedure
- implementation evidence
- MCI engagement records
- legal review
- no procedure
- weak implementation
- missing engagement
Part 4: Directions to Intermediaries
Minister may direct an internet intermediary to disable access to the false statement of fact
- disabling direction response procedure
- intermediary compliance evidence
- MCI engagement records
- legal review
- no procedure
- weak evidence
- missing engagement
Internet intermediaries must communicate corrections to all end users in Singapore who accessed the falsehood
- general correction direction procedure
- implementation evidence
- MCI engagement records
- legal review
- no procedure
- weak evidence
- missing engagement
Part 5: Declared Online Locations
Minister may declare an online location that has communicated three or more false statements subject to Part 3/4 directions
- DOL response procedure
- platform monitoring records
- MCI engagement
- legal review documentation
- no procedure
- weak monitoring
- missing engagement
Prohibition on providing financial support to a declared online location for the purpose of operating it
- funding prohibition compliance procedure
- payment screening records
- MCI engagement
- legal review documentation
- weak compliance
- no payment screening
- missing engagement
Declared online locations must display a prominent notice that they have been declared under POFMA
- notice display compliance procedure
- MCI engagement records
- implementation evidence
- audit records
- weak compliance
- no engagement
- missing implementation evidence
Part 6: Account Restriction and Inauthentic Behaviour
Minister may direct internet intermediaries to restrict or disable inauthentic online accounts and bots
- account restriction response procedure
- implementation evidence
- MCI engagement records
- legal review
- no procedure
- weak evidence
- missing engagement
Measures to counteract coordinated inauthentic behaviour used to spread falsehoods in Singapore
- CIB detection procedure
- platform monitoring records
- MCI engagement
- training documentation
- no detection
- weak monitoring
- missing engagement
Part 7: Review and Appeals
Person subject to a direction may apply to the Minister to vary or cancel the direction
- appeal procedure documentation
- appeal filing records
- legal review documentation
- outcome tracking
- no procedure
- weak filing tracking
- missing legal review
Right to appeal to the High Court against a direction if the Minister declines to cancel or vary it
- high court appeal procedure
- filing records
- legal review documentation
- outcome tracking
- no procedure
- weak filing
- missing legal review
Assembled from the framework’s own control set, so this list is regenerated rather than written and stays current as the graph does.