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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 17 articles Why will the Federal Trade Commission step up enforcement of right to repair laws? |  | |
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The FTC votes unanimously to enforce right to repair.
Wired Magazine (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 80% • 5 min read
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to enforce laws around the Right to Repair, thereby ensuring that US consumers will be able to repair their own electronic and automotive devices. The commission said it would investigate repair restrictions both as potential violations of antitrust laws and from a consumer protection angle.
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The vote comes 12 days after President Biden signed a broad executive order aimed at promoting [economic competition]. A portion of it encouraged the FTC to create new rules that would prevent companies from restricting repair options for consumers.
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Some large manufacturers oppose [right to repair], arguing that it will make products less secure and could expose consumers to safety risks. However, a May FTC report, which was the culmination of data gathered after the commission hosted a "Nixing the Fix" panel in 2019, the FTC said there was "scant evidence to support manufacturers' justifications for repair restrictions."
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Agency pledges tough action to buttress 'right to repair.'
Associated Press (Center) • Factual Grade 66% • 4 min read - Top long-read
Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling e-waste from smartphones. Here's why.
World Economic Forum (Center) • Factual Grade 75% • 5 min read
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 16 articles How did a Senate panel vote on a Bureau of Land Management nominee? | 
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-10 on President Biden's choice to lead the Bureau of Land Management, meaning that Senate Majority Leader Schumer mus...
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The sanctions were imposed under the Global Magnitsky Act, used to punish human rights violators with U.S. asset freezes and bans on travel to the United States. But U.S....
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| | #1 in Science News • 10 articles How impactful is newly released data on human proteins going to be? |
Previously, determining the structure of a protein relied on expensive and time-consuming experiments. But last year DeepMind showed it can produce accurate predictio...
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| | #1 in Health News • 11 articles What does a recent study say about vaccines' efficacy against Covid-19 variants? |
Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offer 88% protection against symptomatic disease caused by the delta variant, compared to 94% against the alpha variant that was first...
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