Duty LXD-6288
Serves under-18s, in Singapore
Code of Practice for Online Safety, Social Media Servicessince 5 lines
Code of Practice for Online Safety, Social Media Services, issued under s. 45L of the Broadcasting Act 1994 · Read the law's page
- Applies only to Social Media Services designated (or to be designated) under section 45K(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1994; six services (Facebook, HardwareZone, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube) were designated when the Code took effect.
- Minimise all end-users' exposure to harmful content (sexual content, violent content, suicide and self-harm content, cyberbullying content, content endangering public health, and content facilitating vice and organised crime) through published community guidelines and content moderation.
- Unless you restrict child access entirely, give a child's account (a child is anyone below 18) age-appropriate default settings that are more restrictive than a general account's, and show a clear warning before the child or a parent opts out of those protective defaults.
- Unless you restrict child access entirely, give the child or a parent or guardian tools to manage exposure to content and to limit the visibility of and interaction with the account.
- Use technology to proactively detect and swiftly remove child sexual exploitation and abuse material.