What’s the process for handling malicious or abusive notices?

 The DSA recognises that not all notices are genuine.

Platforms must implement systems to detect and manage abusive or malicious reporting, such as mass false takedown requests or bad-faith abuse claims.
Best practices include:
Logging the source and frequency of notices.
Flagging suspicious patterns (e.g. same user mass-reporting).
Applying rate limits or sanctions against abusive reporters.
Ensuring users targeted by false reports are not penalised unfairly.
The law protects against over-removal by requiring a balanced approach — reports must be checked against policies before action is taken.