Recital 18 — Active role liability exemption exclusion

Intermediary Liability Framework under DSA DSA Scope and Digital Services Coverage Liability Recipient

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2022-10-27in force CELEX 02022R2065-20221027

The exemptions from liability established in this Regulation should not apply where, instead of confining itself to providing the services neutrally by a merely technical and automatic processing of the information provided by the recipient of the service, the provider of intermediary services plays an active role of such a kind as to give it knowledge of, or control over, that information. Those exemptions should accordingly not be available in respect of liability relating to information provided not by the recipient of the service but by the provider of the intermediary service itself, including where the information has been developed under the editorial responsibility of that provider.

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