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eBay is off the hook for selling harmful products

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Summary
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73% Informative

A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice accusing eBay of selling 350,000 polluting products.

The lawsuit alleged that eBay had violated the Clean Air Act by knowingly selling, or offering unlawful products for sale.

The judge ruled that eBay isn't liable for items that users sell on the digital marketplace.

VR Score

64

Informative language

56

Neutral language

81

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

77

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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