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FTC Unanimously Backs New Policy Supporting Your Right to Repair Your Own Devices In The U.S. [gizmodo.com.au]:

FTC chair Lina Khan. (Photo: Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images, Getty Images)

Following an executive order from U.S. President Biden [gizmodo.com.au], today the U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously [ftc.gov] to adopt a new a policy designed to support the growing right to repair movement.

Passed in a 5-0 decision, the FTC’s new policy [ftc.gov] is designed to make it easier for consumers to fix their own devices and also pledges to step up investigations of companies suspected of having unlawful repair restrictions. That’s something the FTC admitted has not been an “enforcement priority for the Commission for a number of years.”

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