# Measures and protection against misuse 23(2) — DSA — provision context

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Part of **Measures and protection against misuse** (DSA, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/dsa/art-23).

## Provision text

### 23(2)

Providers of online platforms shall suspend, for a reasonable period of time and after having issued a prior warning, the processing of notices and complaints submitted through the notice and action mechanisms and internal complaints-handling systems referred to in Articles 16 and 20, respectively, by individuals or entities or by complainants that frequently submit notices or complaints that are manifestly unfounded.


## Topics on this provision

- **Intermediary Liability Framework under DSA** — https://overview.legal/topics/intermediary-liability-framework-dsa
  This topic is needed to comprehensively cover the broader intermediary liability framework under the DSA, of which mere conduit is one component, including the 

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175
- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** §48 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175

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