S’pore’s Online Safety Commission receives over 500 reports in first 2 months

Singapore's Online Safety Commission (OSC) has processed over 500 reports of online harm within its first two months of operation, according to information minister Josephine Teo. The majority of these cases were doxxing and online harassment, with doxxing alone accounting for 44% of the reports, followed by online harassment at 38%.

Intimate image abuse and online stalking made up 8% and 7% respectively, while image-based child abuse represented 3% of the cases. Notably, 17% of the eligible reports involved victims aged 18 and below, with the youngest victim being seven years old, who faced a doxxing incident, and the oldest victim being 68, who experienced online harassment.

Online safety commissioner Francis Ng explained that each report is assigned to a case officer who evaluates whether the necessary actions have been taken. The OSC then reaches out to the relevant online platform to seek further action, often starting with a flag or warning, and potentially escalating to a legal notice demanding the removal or blocking of the content.