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title: "Art. 8 DSA: No general monitoring or active fact-finding obligations"
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source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
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Art. 8 DSA · Chapter II: LIABILITY OF PROVIDERS OF INTERMEDIARY SERVICES

# Article 8 DSA: No general monitoring or active fact-finding obligations

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

No general obligation to monitor the information which providers of intermediary services transmit or store, nor actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity shall be imposed on those providers.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 8 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_8)

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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