# Hosting 6(1) — DSA — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (6(1)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-10-06. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/dsa/art-6#par-1
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Part of **Hosting** (DSA, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/dsa/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(1)

Where an information society service is provided that consists of the storage of information provided by a recipient of the service, the service provider shall not be liable for the information stored at the request of a recipient of the service, on condition that the provider:

a) does not have actual knowledge of illegal activity or illegal content and, as regards claims for damages, is not aware of facts or circumstances from which the illegal activity or illegal content is apparent; or
b) upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts expeditiously to remove or to disable access to the illegal content.

## Topics on this provision

- **Recipient** — https://overview.legal/topics/recipient
  A person or body to which personal data are disclosed (Art 4(9) GDPR).
- **DSA Scope and Digital Services Coverage** — https://overview.legal/topics/dsa-scope-digital-services
  The content is from the DSA (Digital Services Act), not the AI Act. A dedicated topic for DSA scope is needed to distinguish it from AI Act scope provisions and
- **Hosting Services under DSA** — https://overview.legal/topics/hosting-services-dsa
  While intermediary liability and DSA scope topics exist, there is no dedicated topic specifically for hosting services, their liability conditions, exemptions, 

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **LG Frankfurt am Main - 2-06 O 234/25** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/354171
- **LG Frankfurt am Main - 2-06 O 234/25** ¶92 (case-law, Regional Court Frankfurt am Main) — https://overview.legal/posts/354171
- **LG Frankfurt am Main - 2-06 O 234/25** ¶85 (case-law, Regional Court Frankfurt am Main) — https://overview.legal/posts/354171
- **LG Frankfurt am Main - 2-06 O 234/25** ¶27 (case-law, Regional Court Frankfurt am Main) — https://overview.legal/posts/354171

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