Article 7
Voluntary own-initiative investigations and legal compliance
Paragraph 1
Providers of intermediary services shall not be deemed ineligible for the exemptions from liability referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6 solely because they, in good faith and in a diligent manner, carry out voluntary own-initiative investigations into, or take other measures aimed at detecting, identifying and removing, or disabling access to, illegal content, or take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements of Union law and national law in compliance with Union law, including the requirements set out in this Regulation.
Obligations (1)
Acknowledge that carrying out voluntary own-initiative investigations or other good-faith measures against illegal content does not forfeit the Article 4, 5 and 6 liability exemptions.
Acknowledgement
Medium Priority
Statement
“We acknowledge that we shall not be deemed ineligible for the exemptions from liability referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6 solely because we, in good faith and in a diligent manner, carry out voluntary own-initiative investigations into, or take other measures aimed at detecting, identifying and removing, or disabling access to, illegal content, or take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements of Union law and national law in compliance with Union law, including the requirements set out in this Regulation.”
Evaluation Scenarios
No evaluation scenarios defined for this paragraph