Over 500 cases in 2 months: Doxxing, online harassment top complaints handled by new Online Safety Commission

Just 62 days after starting operations on June 29, the Online Safety Commission (OSC) has received over 500 reports and resolved more than 90 per cent of eligible reports, said Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo.

"What this initial progress suggests to us is that there is really a need to provide better support to victims of online harms, and today the OSC is able to do so," Teo told the media in an interview ahead of the launch of her ministry's new new podcast series Lets Table It, which premiered on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts on Tuesday (Sept 22).

She highlighted that the OSC was set up with a "very clear purpose" to help individuals who have been harmed online.

"Very often, when you speak to these victims, their immediate need is clear and straightforward. They really want the harmful content to be removed as soon as possible," the minister said.

She noted that while the platforms — which have a responsibility to act on reports of online harm — remain the first stop in addressing online harms, victims now have the OSC to turn to, should they require more support.

In its factsheet, the OSC reported that based on the cases it received, men and women were impacted at nearly equal rates.

OSC said that they received over 500 reports from June 29 to August 31, 2026.

In terms of age, the youngest was a seven-year-old victim of doxxing, while the oldest was a 68-year-old who faced online harassment.

OSC said that of the five types of online harms it had started off with addressing, doxxing (44 per cent) and online harassment (38 per cent) were the main types of online harms reported.

Meanwhile, intimate image abuse; online stalking; and, image-based child abuse involving victims below 16 took up roughly 8 per cent, 7 per cent and 3 per cent of the cases received respectively.

According to the OSC, young victims, defined as those below 18 years old, made up about 17 per cent of the eligible reports received.

They mainly faced online harassment (51 per cent) and doxxing (31 per cent), OSC data showed.

How OSC made a difference

Sharing some examples of cases which made a difference to victims of prolonged online harm, OSC said that one of its cases involved a victim who sustained online sexual harassment since 2022.

Not only did she receive unsolicited explicit content, artificial intelligence-generated deepfake nude images and videos were also created of her.

OSC estimates that more than 1,000 such posts were made across multiple platforms. These were successfully removed, following the issuance of its first Access Disabling Direction, OSC said.

Another case involved a victim who had suffered online harassment and stalking over a prolonged period.

OSC said the harasser had created multiple social media accounts targeting the victim, even approaching the male victim's friends directly and impersonating him.

The harmful conduct even extended to death threats and involved a parallel police investigation.

These social media accounts have since been removed for violating community guidelines, OSC said.

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Earlier in July, Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong said at the SHECARES Centre Open House that while online harms may seem like something people encounter in their daily lives, "they mean the world" to the victims .

SHECARES is a support centre for victims of online harm and is run by independent non-profit SG Her Empowerment (SHE).

"The OSC seeks to bring hope to victims of online harm. Hope that they will be able to reclaim their lives from hold that online harm has on them.

"Before the OSC existed, victims had no direct means of being able to take down harmful content online. The OSC changed that by creating a statutory reporting mechanism. This allows us to then reach out to the platforms to get the harm taken off the Internet. It's really locking the harm up," said OSC Commissioner Francis Ng in the podcast.

数字发展及新闻部长杨莉明表示，网络安全委员会（OSC）自6月29日开始运作以来，仅62天就收到了500多份举报，并解决了90%以上的符合条件的举报。

“这一初步进展向我们表明，确实需要为网络伤害的受害者提供更好的支持，而今天，安大略省安全委员会 (OSC) 能够做到这一点，”张女士在接受媒体采访时表示。此前，她的部门推出了新的播客系列节目《让我们坐下来谈谈》(Lets Table It)，该节目于周二（9 月 22 日）在 YouTube、Spotify 和 Apple Podcasts 上首播。

她强调，OSC 的成立“目的非常明确”，即帮助那些在网上受到伤害的人。

部长表示：“很多时候，当你与这些受害者交谈时，他们最迫切的需求清晰明了。他们真心希望有害内容能够尽快被删除。”

她指出，虽然平台（有责任对网络伤害报告采取行动）仍然是解决网络伤害的第一站，但如果受害者需要更多支持，他们现在可以向在线安全中心 (OSC) 寻求帮助。

特别检察官办公室在其情况说明书中报告称，根据其收到的案件，男性和女性受影响的比例几乎相同。

OSC表示，从2026年6月29日至8月31日，他们收到了500多份报告。

从年龄上看，最小的受害者是一名 7 岁的“人肉搜索”受害者，而最大的受害者是一名 68 岁的“网络骚扰”受害者。

OSC表示，在其最初着手解决的五种网络危害类型中，人肉搜索（44%）和网络骚扰（38%）是报告的主要网络危害类型。

与此同时，涉及 16 岁以下受害者的私密图像虐待、网络跟踪和基于图像的儿童虐待分别占所接收案件的约 8%、7% 和 3%。

根据安大略省刑事调查局 (OSC) 的说法，未成年受害者（定义为 18 岁以下的受害者）约占收到的合格报告的 17%。

OSC 的数据显示，他们主要面临网络骚扰（51%）和人肉搜索（31%）。

OSC是如何发挥作用的

OSC分享了一些对长期遭受网络伤害的受害者产生影响的案例，并表示其中一个案例涉及一名自2022年以来一直遭受网络性骚扰的受害者。

她不仅收到了未经允许的露骨内容，还被制作成了人工智能生成的深度伪造裸体图片和视频。

安大略省证券委员会（OSC）估计，此类帖子在多个平台上发布了超过1000条。OSC表示，在发出首份“禁止访问指令”后，这些帖子已被成功删除。

另一起案件涉及一名受害者，他长期遭受网络骚扰和跟踪。

OSC表示，骚扰者创建了多个社交媒体账户来骚扰受害者，甚至直接联系受害者的朋友并冒充他。

这种有害行为甚至包括死亡威胁，并引发了警方的平行调查。

OSC表示，这些社交媒体账号因违反社区准则已被删除。

OSC对TikTok上错误识别健身教练的虚假帖子采取行动

最近，安大略省证券委员会 (OSC) 对一条 TikTok 帖子采取了行动，该帖子错误地指控一名健身教练是导致前穆斯林事务代理部长费沙尔·易卜拉欣副教授辞职的人。

今年 7 月初，律政部长兼内政部第二部长唐振辉在 SHECARES 中心开放日表示，虽然网络伤害似乎是人们在日常生活中遇到的事情，但对受害者来说，“这些伤害意义重大”。

SHECARES 是一个为网络伤害受害者提供支持的中心，由独立的非营利组织 SG Her Empowerment (SHE) 运营。

“OSC致力于为网络伤害的受害者带来希望，希望他们能够摆脱网络伤害对他们生活的控制，重获新生。”

“在安大略省证券委员会（OSC）成立之前，受害者没有直接的途径来删除网络上的有害内容。OSC通过建立法定举报机制改变了这一现状。这使我们能够联系平台，将有害内容从互联网上清除。这真正做到了杜绝此类危害，”OSC委员弗朗西斯·吴在播客中说道。