---
name: dsa-statement-of-reasons
description: Apply the A DSA takedown notice should preserve the policy clauses, evidence, and rejected alternative article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# A DSA takedown notice should preserve the policy clauses, evidence, and rejected alternative

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/dsa-statement-of-reasons). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/dsa-statement-of-reasons.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/dsa-statement-of-reasons/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The obligation: a statement of reasons, per decision Article 17 of the Digital Services Act — Regulation EU 2022/2065 — requires that when a hosting service restricts content it must give the affected user a clear and specific statement of 

## Representations

- Human: /a/dsa-statement-of-reasons
- JSON: /api/articles/dsa-statement-of-reasons
- Relationships: /api/articles/dsa-statement-of-reasons/topology
- History: /api/articles/dsa-statement-of-reasons/revisions
