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ABC Feeds<p>Woolies and Coles have 'limited incentive' to compete hard on price, ACCC finds<br>By Emilia Terzon</p><p>The consumer watchdog's hotly anticipated report into Australian supermarkets concludes the two major players have so much power, they don't need to compete "vigorously", but the ACCC stopped short of declaring grocery prices excessive.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/woolworths-coles-accc-supermarkets-inquiry/105077616" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/woo</span><span class="invisible">lworths-coles-accc-supermarkets-inquiry/105077616</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Supermarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supermarkets</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/BusinessandIndustryRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessandIndustryRegulation</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/GroceryShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GroceryShopping</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EmiliaTerzon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmiliaTerzon</span></a></p>
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>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The Trump administration’s Federal Trade Commission has removed four years’ worth of business guidance blogs as of Tuesday morning, including important consumer protection information related to artificial intelligence and the agency’s landmark privacy lawsuits under former chair Lina Khan against companies like Amazon and Microsoft. More than 300 blogs were removed.</p><p>On the FTC’s website, the page hosting all of the agency’s business-related blogs and guidance no longer includes any information published during former president Joe Biden’s administration, current and former FTC employees, who spoke under anonymity for fear of retaliation, tell WIRED. These blogs contained advice from the FTC on how big tech companies could avoid violating consumer protection laws."</p><p><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><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
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>, &amp; <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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HelloFresh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelloFresh</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> </p><p>'The Commission has filed criminal charges against HelloFresh New Zealand, as it believed the company breached the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers in cold calls used to "re-activate" customers who had previously cancelled the food delivery service.'</p><p><a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/11/criminal-charges-filed-against-hellofresh-nz/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">1news.co.nz/2025/03/11/crimina</span><span class="invisible">l-charges-filed-against-hellofresh-nz/</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>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-appointed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> lead, Acting Director <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vought</span></a> (of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>), ordered the agency to “voluntarily dismissed with prejudice several high-profile enforcement cases, including against fintech SoLo Funds Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., and a unit of Rocket Cos.” 👀</p><p>/2 of 2 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>This is important 👀</p><p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>) was established by Congress after the 2008 Financial Crisis (‘Great Recession’).</p><p>It was monitoring big banks and other financial entities while providing consumers with advice and protections.</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin is circumventing Congress and unilaterally working hard to destroy it. </p><p>/1 of 2 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</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>
KProfsBlog<p>Forwarding a post from @jsovern.bsky.social at the Consumer Law &amp; Policy Blog. It’s an opportunity for law professors to stand up for the CFPB.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ConsumerLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerLaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/02/professors-interested-in-joining-a-professor-letter-supporting-the-cfpb.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/02/professors-interested-in-joining-a-professor-letter-supporting-the-cfpb.html</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>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> What's next? </p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlexJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexJones</span></a> leading <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> otmr the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>??</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZqD9-W1_8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZqD9-W1_8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Yonhap Infomax News<p>Senator Elizabeth Warren asserts that only Congress has the authority to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, challenging Trump administration's attempts to shut down the agency.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=51048" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=51048</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunFact</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fake</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sales</span></a> are <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a></em> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMiwfK6jRA&amp;t=9m20s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=UKMiwfK6jR</span><span class="invisible">A&amp;t=9m20s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minecraft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pay2Win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pay2Win</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pay2Loose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pay2Loose</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P2W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2W</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P2L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2L</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiP2W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiP2W</span></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>
KProfsBlog<p>A brief post on the shuttering of the CFPB. If people knew what this agency did, they would be really, really angry about the way it has been kneecapped and now garroted by politicians doing the bidding of financial institutions.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agencies</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/02/oligarchs-dismantle-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/02/oligarchs-dismantle-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-.html</span></a></p>
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