GW WonkCast S3E14-1: Below the Fold: The Right to Repair and a Net Neutrality Update

In this Below the Fold, co-Host Gabe Moss dives into the right to repair. How do companies like Microsoft, John Deere, and Apple prevent customers from repairing products they buy? Next, co-Host Eli Richman takes a look at net neutrality four months after the policy change. How have internet service providers changed their practices and could more change come?

Listen to Below the Fold on Mondays and our guest interview on #wonkywednesdays. Send love letters, or hate mail, to wonkcast@gmail.com or comment on Facebook.

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See the sources:

Gabe Moss: E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term, The Washington Post

Eli Richman: Ajit Pai tried to kill net neutrality, but the internet is fighting back, NBC News

100 US Mayors Sign Pledge to Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs, Gizmodo

 

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