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Setting a crucial precedent, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data privacy laws.
The right to repair just keeps on winning. Last week, thanks in part to messages from EFF supporters, the Washington legislature passed a strong consumer electronics right-to-repair legislation through both the House and Senate. The bill affirms our right to repair by banning restrictions that keep people and local businesses from accessing the parts, manuals, and tools they need for cheaper, easier repairs. It joined another strong right-to-repair bill for wheelchairs, ensuring folks can access the parts and manuals they...
It would give the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like, with President Trumpov himself saying that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk.
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