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EU · Digital Services Act (DSA)

Statement of reasons & transparency.

Applies to: Intermediaries & online platforms in the EU. Built · applies 17 Feb 2024

What the signed record shows

Statement-of-reasons records, transparency signals, and content-decision references.

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Citation: Reg (EU) 2022/2065 Arts 15/17/24/40

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What the statute requires, section by section

Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act). Provisions addressed:

Art. 17
Statement of reasons: hosting providers give affected recipients a clear statement of reasons for each content-moderation restriction.
Art. 24
Transparency reporting obligations for online platforms; Art. 24(5) requires platforms to submit all statements of reasons to the Commission's DSA Transparency Database.
Art. 15
Transparency reporting obligations for providers of intermediary services.
Art. 40
Data access and scrutiny (vetted researchers / authorities). General application date 17 February 2024 (VLOP/VLOSE-specific obligations from ~4 months after individual designation).

Taken from the Regulayer entry for this instrument, which is built against the primary text.

This is the duty on the business. For what a lawyer in Europe must disclose about using AI in a filing, see Europe: the EU AI Act, the CCBE guides, and what Germany tells its lawyers.