Service Categories
- Information Society Service
- Intermediary Services
- Mere Conduits
- Caching Services
- Hosting Services: stores user content
- Online Platform: “stores and disseminates information to the public”
- Very Large Online Platforms
- Online Platform: “stores and disseminates information to the public”
- Online Search Engines
- Very Large Online Search Engines
- Intermediary Services
Terminology
- “recipients” of services
- “providers” of services
- “internal complaints-handling systems” handle appeals of decisions on notices
- “notice and action mechanisms” handle reports of illegal or prohibited content
- Exceptions for micro or small but not very large service providers are termed "exclusions".
- “Exemption” is used for exemption from liability for user-generated content.