Proposed new law to aid victims of online offences in Singapore

2025-10-15 09:41

The OSRA Bill's most operationally novel element is the Online Safety Commission's ability to disclose perpetrators' identity information to victims, enabling civil claims. This removes the anonymity shield that currently makes online harassment low-risk for attackers: the knowledge that an OSC disclosure could expose them to civil damages changes the cost-benefit calculation even before legal action is filed. The practical test is the OSC's processing capacity: whether it can handle identity disclosure requests at the actual volume of harm, not just the cases where victims are sufficiently resourced to pursue them.