ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Monash University: Moving beyond ‘cyberwashing’ to ensure robust digital security. “A new Monash University report highlights the growing problem of organisations resorting to ‘cyberwashing’ to mislead the public about their data privacy practices and recommends measures to build a genuine culture of cybersecurity.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/monash-university-moving-beyond-cyberwashing-to-ensure-robust-digital-security/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/monash-university-moving-beyond-cyberwashing-to-ensure-robust-digital-security/</a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> Removes Posts Critical of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Companies</p><p>Business-guidance content published during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.</p><p>The Trump admin’s FTC removed 4yrs worth of business guidance blogs as of Tues morning, including important <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> info related to AI & the agency’s landmark <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> lawsuits under fmr chair Lina Khan against companies like Amazon & Microsoft.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/federal-trade-</span><span class="invisible">commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>An <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> sent Monday by a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration official, obtained by Popular Information, explicitly instructs federal employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> to not carry out activities mandated by law. The email directly contradicts representations CFPB officials made in federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vought</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DoddFrank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoddFrank</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financialsystem</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mortgages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgages</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consumerprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerprotection</span></a> <a href="https://popular.info/p/email-shows-trump-officials-are-lying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/email-shows-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-officials-are-lying</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Clients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis at Sydney cosmetic clinic<br>By Sarah Gerathy</p><p>The South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is urging anyone who has had infusions, injections or underwent any invasive procedures at the Ketthip Clinic in Sydney to get tested.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/cosmetic-patients-exposed-to-hepatitis-hiv-sydney-clinic-ketthip/105007712" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/cos</span><span class="invisible">metic-patients-exposed-to-hepatitis-hiv-sydney-clinic-ketthip/105007712</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/CosmeticIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CosmeticIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SarahGerathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarahGerathy</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>CFPB drops lawsuit against Capital One. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-cfpb-drops-enforcement-action-against-capital-one-2025-02-27/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/us-cfpb-drop</span><span class="invisible">s-enforcement-action-against-capital-one-2025-02-27/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Verge: Ron Wyden asks for rules about whether you own your digital purchases. “Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson urging the FTC to require that companies admit when you’re not really buying an ebook or video game.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/the-verge-ron-wyden-asks-for-rules-about-whether-you-own-your-digital-purchases/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/the-verge-ron-wyden-asks-for-rules-about-whether-you-own-your-digital-purchases/</a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The thing that stands in his way is having strong regulators who will make him play by the same rules as every other bank. Luckily, he has access to the entire federal government, and he is able to simply shut those regulators down. So the actions over the last few weeks have been incredibly bad for individual, everyday Americans, but incredibly good for Elon Musk’s pocketbook."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a><br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Elon Musk himself wants to run a payments company. He has said from the start that he plans to turn X into essentially a bank. And he’s taken steps in that direction in the last few weeks, including a partnership with Visa. The thing that stands in his way is having strong regulators who will make him play by the same rules as every other bank."</p><p>~ Julie Margaretta Morgan</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a><br>/6</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/julie_morgan_cfpb_trump_musk_doge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/12/jul</span><span class="invisible">ie_morgan_cfpb_trump_musk_doge</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As part of the fallout, we got a little bit of banking regulation and we also got the CFPB, which might not have been able to prevent the crash if it had been around in 2006, but was designed to help Americans get some relief from exploitative schemes like payday loans, ripoff car dealers, and hinky banking practices."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a><br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Remember, the 2008 collapse resulted directly from Wall Street investment banks’ gambling with exotic investment schemes that were mostly based in trading debt on home mortgages. (Counterpoint: Everything would have been fine if housing prices had simply kept going up forever.)"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by Congress following the 2008 financial crash, to help Americans who aren’t part of the reigning Finance ‘n’ Tech Oligarchy stand up to the giant corporations that seek to extract profits from us at every opportunity."</p><p>~ Doktor Zoom</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a><br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/why-americans-but-not-banks-love" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/why-americans-b</span><span class="invisible">ut-not-banks-love</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"[CFPB] is despised by everyone from payday lenders, to credit card companies, to the goons at Project 2025. And Elon Musk, who would like to turn Ex-Twitter into a banking app which would be regulated by CFPB, is no fan either. …</p><p>It’s the pet project of [Elizabeth] Warren — 'a nasty woman, despite her phony beer commercial' — and so 'we had to get rid of it.'” </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-musk-destroy-cfpb-liz-warren" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publicnotice.co/p/trump-musk-d</span><span class="invisible">estroy-cfpb-liz-warren</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Dozens of Consumer Finance Protection Bureau employees were terminated on Tuesday evening, sources tell WIRED. ... Sources tell WIRED that the CFPB’s enforcement division was hit hard, but it’s unclear how many employees were let go."</p><p>~ Makena Kelly, Dhruv Mehrotra </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankers</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb</span><span class="invisible">-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The total destruction of the agency has been a wet dream of Wall Street, the banksters, and every two-bit payday loan hustler since it opened its doors in 2011. ...</p><p>So now the world’s richest man has all your personal data and stores your money… What could possibly go wrong?"</p><p>~ Nina Burleigh</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/banksters-gone-wild" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanfreakshow.news/p/banks</span><span class="invisible">ters-gone-wild</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The best way to explain the sudden closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as I see it, is as part of an effort to make predatory finance great again."</p><p>~ Paul Krugman</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <br>/2</p><p><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/springtime-for-scammers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/spr</span><span class="invisible">ingtime-for-scammers</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump has effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—an agency created and funded by Congress. Trump has no authority to unilaterally shut down an agency created by statute.</p><p>The unseemly end for the CFPB is bad for consumers. Very."</p><p>~ Robert B. Hubbell</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/backstopping-the-courts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roberthubbell.substack.com/p/b</span><span class="invisible">ackstopping-the-courts</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>Consumers Denied Relief from Unwanted Telemarketing Calls After Federal Court Scraps Consent Rule</p><p><a href="https://www.nclc.org/consumers-denied-relief-from-unwanted-telemarketing-calls-after-federal-court-scraps-consent-rule/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nclc.org/consumers-denied-reli</span><span class="invisible">ef-from-unwanted-telemarketing-calls-after-federal-court-scraps-consent-rule/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/consumerlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerlaw</span></a></p>
ShadowZone<p>Aaand Rossmann confirming the weird feeling I had about Bambulab when shopping for a 3D printer.<br>Glad I didn't go with them.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyaDD8onIE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=aIyaDD8onIE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bambulab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bambulab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bambu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bambu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backlash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumerprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerprotection</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>FTC Finalizes Order with H&R Block Requiring Them to Pay $7 Million and Overhaul Advertising and Customer Service Practices for 2025 and 2026 Tax Seasons</p><p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-finalizes-order-hr-block-requiring-them-pay-7-million-overhaul-advertising-customer-service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ftc.gov/news-events/news/press</span><span class="invisible">-releases/2025/01/ftc-finalizes-order-hr-block-requiring-them-pay-7-million-overhaul-advertising-customer-service</span></a></p><p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ftc</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a></p>
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