On Sept 9, a Bill was tabled in the Singapore Parliament to counter digitally manipulated content that may crop up during elections. It will apply to content that misrepresents or misportrays candidates.

The proposed Bill is timely with the impending general election in Singapore, which must be held before November 2025. However, is it sufficient and what more should be done to protect elections in Singapore?

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Carol Soon is principal research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies and adjunct principal scientist at the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety. Samantha Quek is a research assistant at the same institute. They are authors of IPS Working Papers on how to protect elections from threats posed by AI.

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