Editing Federal Trade Commission (section)

==Right to Repair==

In recent years, the FTC has released stated policies that warn against interfering with ability to repair, solicit the public for specific complaints, as well as plans to increase focus on such practices in the market.

<blockquote>"While unlawful repair restrictions have generally not been an enforcement priority for the Commission for a number of years, the Commission has determined that it will devote more enforcement resources to combat these practices. Accordingly, the Commission will now prioritize investigations into unlawful repair restrictions under relevant statutes such as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act6 and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act." — Policy Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Repair Restrictions Imposed by Manufacturers and Sellers, 2021</blockquote>

The FTC has also pursued actions against companies like [[John Deere]] for their failure to address concerns previously raised about access to proprietary repair tools they made necessary to service their products.