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Kalvin Carefour Johnny<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jkn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jkn</span></a></span> Yes, I think that's the unfortunate reality of mainstream centralized financial instruments. They can use everything, including their biases and beliefs about your ethnicity, to freeze the funds you have contributed for many years. You have the right to take action and seek legal advice regarding their freezing of your funds, which is happening solely for one reason that they are questioning. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BankingDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankingDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FinancialRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialRacism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FrozenFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenFunds</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EthnicBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicBias</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UnfreezeMyMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfreezeMyMoney</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LegalAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalAction</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BankAccountLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankAccountLock</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FinancialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SystemicBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicBias</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EconomicRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FundsHostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FundsHostage</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BankingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankingReform</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DiscriminatoryPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscriminatoryPractices</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FinancialInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialInclusion</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AccountFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccountFreeze</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BankingWhileBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankingWhileBrown</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</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/DefundBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundBias</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BankTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankTransparency</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens<p>I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you want to reserve a room in a particular hotel, DO NOT search for the hotel name and call the number in one of the sponsored ads at the top of the search results.<br>More likely than not this is a reseller who will pretend you are talking directly to the hotel and charge you a LOT more than you would have paid the hotel directly.<br>Find the hotel website, confirm from the URL that you're on it, and call the number there.<br>1/2<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/consumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Major insurer taken to court over 'egregious' handling of storm claim</p><p>The corporate watchdog alleges delays by Hollard Insurance over a storm damage claim left a Victorian couple with no choice but to demolish their home.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/asic-hollard-insurance-home-storm-damage-claim-victoria/105166306" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/asi</span><span class="invisible">c-hollard-insurance-home-storm-damage-claim-victoria/105166306</span></a></p><p><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/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insurance</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Couple forced to demolish storm-hit home after insurer delays, ASIC alleges</p><p>The corporate watchdog alleges delays by Hollard Insurance over a storm damage claim left a Victorian couple with no choice but to demolish their home.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/asic-hollard-insurance-home-storm-damage-claim-victoria/105166306" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/asi</span><span class="invisible">c-hollard-insurance-home-storm-damage-claim-victoria/105166306</span></a></p><p><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/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insurance</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Warick's death benefit was cancelled months before he died. His family wants answers<br>By Michael Atkin</p><p>Australian Super is one of two super funds being sued by ASIC over the handling of death benefit claims. A First Nations family says a deceased family member was mistreated by the fund.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/superannuation-death-benefit-first-nations-asic-review/105126716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/sup</span><span class="invisible">erannuation-death-benefit-first-nations-asic-review/105126716</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Superannuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superannuation</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/BusinessEconomicsandFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEconomicsandFinance</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MichaelAtkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelAtkin</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Consumers left footing the bill as gas companies see asset values dwindle</p><p>Faced with declining use of their assets, the firms that own Australia's gas pipelines are trying to shield themselves from the risks of their networks becoming stranded — and customers are paying the tab.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/gas-networks-make-customers-pay-for-stranded-asset-risk/105125824" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/gas</span><span class="invisible">-networks-make-customers-pay-for-stranded-asset-risk/105125824</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EnergyIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/OilandGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilandGas</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a></p>
Cattivo ✅bonafide🇨🇦<p>Why aren’t cellphone companies employing blocking technology for the multitude of scam calls coming in? Can guarantee it exists.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/telcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telcomm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cellphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/consumerprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerprotection</span></a> </p><p>(As per usual, edits are for typos)</p>
ABC Feeds<p>Door knockers on notice as watchdog has 90 days to respond to 'super complaint'<br>By Michael Atkin and Loretta Florance</p><p>The Consumer Action Law Centre has used its new powers to make a "super complaint" to demand a ban on door-to-door sales, an issue they say has harmed vulnerable people for decades.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/solar-door-to-door-accc-complaint/105094468" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/sol</span><span class="invisible">ar-door-to-door-accc-complaint/105094468</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/SolarEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarEnergy</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/MichaelAtkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelAtkin</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LorettaFlorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LorettaFlorance</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecommerce</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> </p><p>'Sneaky fees that are estimated to cost consumers £2.2bn a year are to be banned from today under new consumer protection laws.</p><p>Businesses, including travel websites, ticket agencies and food delivery apps, will be required to include any mandatory fees in the headline price. Research has found these fees can be more than 25% of the product price.'</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Smart meters are breeding confusion and broken trust, a watchdog says<br>By Daniel Mercer</p><p>They were billed as the intelligent key to some sort of energy utopia, but smart meters are breeding confusion and broken trust, a watchdog finds.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/nsw-energy-ombudsman-sounds-alarm-at-smart-meter-rollout/105140486" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/nsw</span><span class="invisible">-energy-ombudsman-sounds-alarm-at-smart-meter-rollout/105140486</span></a></p><p><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/Utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utilities</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ElectricityProductionandDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricityProductionandDistribution</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DanielMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielMercer</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🇬🇧 UK's new 'ban' on fake reviews and sneaky fees: because nothing solves online scams like a sternly worded British law. 🤔💼 Expect the internet to clean up its act immediately... or not. 🙄🛒<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKBanOnFakeReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKBanOnFakeReviews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineScams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineScams</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/DigitalRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ECommerceNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECommerceNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>UK bans fake reviews and sneaky fees</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKBansFakeReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKBansFakeReviews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SneakyFees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SneakyFees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineShopping</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/DigitalTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrust</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>City Beach in court for allegedly selling non-compliant button battery products<br>By Yiying Li</p><p>The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that City Beach offered 70 product lines containing button batteries for sale that did not comply with Australia’s mandatory button battery standards.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/accc-legal-proceedings-against-city-beach/105132632" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/acc</span><span class="invisible">c-legal-proceedings-against-city-beach/105132632</span></a></p><p><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/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/YiyingLi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YiyingLi</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>City Beach in court for allegedly selling non-compliant button battery products<br>By Yiying Li</p><p>The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that City Beach offered 70 product lines containing button batteries for sale that did not comply with Australia’s mandatory button battery standards.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/accc-legal-proceedings-against-city-beach/105132632" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/acc</span><span class="invisible">c-legal-proceedings-against-city-beach/105132632</span></a></p><p><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/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/YiyingLi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YiyingLi</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Their job title is 'ocularist and maxillofacial prosthetist' but it's an unregulated industry<br>By Fiona Blackwood</p><p>Losing an eye is a traumatic experience, having an artificial eye made should help with the healing process. For these people, who were clients of Jack McDonald, it wasn't.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/prosthetic-eye-maker-jack-mcdonald-lashed-by-complaints/105108846" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/pro</span><span class="invisible">sthetic-eye-maker-jack-mcdonald-lashed-by-complaints/105108846</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MedicalSpecialisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalSpecialisation</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/MedicalProcedures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalProcedures</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/FionaBlackwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FionaBlackwood</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Stateline: Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind. “Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging. While momentum builds at the city level — with Portland, Oregon; […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/stateline-cities-lead-bans-on-algorithmic-rent-hikes-as-states-lag-behind/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/stateline-cities-lead-bans-on-algorithmic-rent-hikes-as-states-lag-behind/</a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Victims of Sydney con-woman Melissa Caddick receive $3.5m settlement<br>By Chantelle Al-Khouri</p><p>Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick left investors almost $24 million out of pocket through their self-managed superannuation funds before she disappeared in November 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/nsw-con-woman-melissa-caddick-victims-settlement-court/105123854" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/nsw</span><span class="invisible">-con-woman-melissa-caddick-victims-settlement-court/105123854</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/CorporateCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LawCrimeandJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawCrimeandJustice</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/BusinessEconomicsandFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEconomicsandFinance</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/CreditandLending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditandLending</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/ChantelleAlKhouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChantelleAlKhouri</span></a></p>
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p>Here, this is a pretty brutal set of statements from the judge which just ordered for the CFPB:</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mjsdc.bsky.social/post/3llhoz4csk22b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/mjsdc.bsky.so</span><span class="invisible">cial/post/3llhoz4csk22b</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Employees v. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> (acting director of CFPB) ruled that the attempt to dismantle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> is likely unlawful, &amp; the recent claims by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin that the agency was still performing its statutorily mandated duties was "nothing more than window dressing."</p><p>As such she ordered a preliminary injunction.</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/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0381-87" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/s</span><span class="invisible">how_public_doc?2025cv0381-87</span></a></p>
testman<p>there are only 3 months left to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stopkillinggames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopkillinggames</span></a> <br>but the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> initiative has below half of required signatures.</p><p>Now is the time to use all possible methods of promoting this around the internet and also IRL.</p><p>Any suggestions for how to quickly bring this to the attention of the citizens of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> ? Preferably something legal.</p><p><a href="https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">stopkillinggames.com/eci</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/consumerprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerprotection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a></p>