As noted by Tech News Daily, a new federal policy in the United States is set to go into effect this Saturday that will make it illegal for certain mobile phone owners to unlock their devices for use on other carriers unless specifically authorized by their carriers.
Maybe the editors should put quotation marks around "owners," because that's basically what the LOC and Congress have done here. What a joke. A sad, unfunny one, but still demonstrations what lackey elected buffoons we have (and that includes choice members of all represented parties, so 100% non-partisan).