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(2) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) are —
(a) the specified online account or accounts (called in this Part
the specified online account) is or are created with the
prescribed internet intermediary;
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(b) either —
(i) a false statement of fact (called in this Part the
subject statement) has been communicated in
Singapore using the specified online account; or
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(ii) coordinated inauthentic behaviour (called in this Part
the subject behaviour) has been carried out using the
specified online account;
(c) the Minister in subsection (1) has determined that the
specified online account is an inauthentic online account or
is controlled by a bot; and
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(d) the Minister in subsection (1) is of the opinion that it is in
the public interest to issue the Account Restriction
Direction.
(3) An Account Restriction Direction may specify that it has
effect —
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(a) indefinitely; or
(b) for a specified period not exceeding 3 months.
(4) In determining whether an online account is an inauthentic
online account or is controlled by a bot, the Minister must have regard
to the following factors:
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(a) whether any information used in creating the online
account relates to a country or territory that is not the
country or territory that the holder of the account is
purportedly from;
(b) whether there is a pattern of suspicious activity carried out
using the online account;
(c) the date on which the online account was created;
(d) any other factor that the Minister considers relevant.
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