When the next general election is called, the Returning Officer will be able to direct individuals and social media firms to remove online election advertising that breaches election rules. This could also mean disabling access to such ads to users in Singapore, as well as...
When the next general election is called, the Returning Officer will be able to direct individuals and social media firms to remove online election advertising that breaches election rules.
This follows feedback from the presidential election that some people were unsure if they had properly positioned the stamp within the area. For paid ads, the full names of every person who paid for it must be displayed, along with indicators that the ad had been paid for, such as the words “sponsored by”.
In the online space, ELD said that online election advertising being amplified, whether through boosting or sharing for instance, will face the same requirements as if publishing new online ads.
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