#consumer-protection — Public Fediverse posts

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

The FTC is still quite active, by the way.

Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
#lawfedi #consumerprotection

Rohit chopra to head newly created California Business and Consumer Services Agency.

#lawfedi #consumerprotection #CFPB
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/newsom-appoints-rohit-chopra-california-consumer-agency-00917844

PayPal settles with DOJ for allegedly discriminating against white people. Yes, you read that correctly.

#lawfedi #consumerprotection

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-30m-settlement-paypal-over-unlawful-dei-investment-program

Florida Phoenix: Florida has a new law regulating AI data centers. “AI data centers will be required to pay for their own utilities and not shift the costs to customers now that SB 484 is law. Appearing Thursday in Lakeland with Florida Secretary of Commerce Alex Kelly, Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked the Legislature for passing the bill, even though it was less expansive than what the governor […]

How a Carlow garden centre left buyers millions out of pocket – The Irish Times https://www.allforgardening.com/1764279/how-a-carlow-garden-centre-left-buyers-millions-out-of-pocket-the-irish-times/ #ConsumerProtection #garden

WISH TV: Indiana expands platform for health care prices. “Indiana is expanding and renaming its health care price transparency platform, formerly known as the Indiana All Payer Claims Database, Gov. Mike Braun’s office announced Thursday. Now called Indiana Health Prices, the platform will integrate comprehensive prescription resources, hospital cash prices, and voluntary provider […]

As always: support and protect open source projects! Don't allow corporations with an anti-consumer agenda like Bambu Lab to silence developers!

Also: vote with your wallet! Don't buy Bambu Lab products.

Their anti-consumer behavior is why I went for a different 3D printer.

4/4

#opensource #orcaslicer #3dprinting #bambulab #consumerprotection

There's an article on Tom's Hardware about this where the developer of the orcaslicer fork for Bambu Lab printers explains why what he did is covered under the AGPL:

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/developer-re-enables-3d-printer-features-that-bambu-lab-disabled-firm-promptly-threatens-legal-action-orcaslicer-bambulab-project-now-shuttered

#3dprinting #opensource #bambulab #consumerprotection

2/

Do you use orcaslicer for your 3D printer? A developer who made a fork of it is being attacked by Bambu Lab for using AGPL open source code!

Louis Rossmann pledged 10,000 USD to fight this. I chimed in as well. Drop a comment on the video if you would help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLVn6XT7v0

#3dprinting #orcaslicer #bambulab #consumerprotection

1/

A toy is never just a toy.

Our new EU in Practice piece looks at how EU toy safety rules protect children from hidden risks — from chemicals and small parts to unsafe online marketplace listings.

Because childhood should not have to negotiate with the marketplace.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/eu-toy-safety-rules-explained?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#ToySafety
#ChildSafety
#EuropeanUnion
#EUPolicy
#ConsumerProtection
#ProductSafety
#OnlineMarketplaces
#EUinPractice

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/08/apple-cant-avoid-41-billion-icloud-suit-in-uk-xcxwbn/

Apple Loses Bid to Narrow UK iCloud Suit in Britain

#iCloud #Apple #CloudStorage #CloudComputing #Cloud #Storage #Competition #Antitrust #UK #ConsumerRights #ConsumerProtection #iPhone #iOS #iPadOS

Wall Street Journal: Why almost everyone loses—except a few sharks—on prediction markets . This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “Kalshi and its competitor Polymarket advertise themselves as life-changing tools for regular people—implying everyone has a fair chance to score. ‘I was about to be unable to pay my rent, but I got two years of rent through […]

Tomato fraud? Lawsuit against tomato product company alleges false tomato branding

CALIFORNIA (TNND) — Popular Italian food distributor, Cento Fine Foods, is faced with a proposed class a…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianfood #CentoFineFoods #Classaction #ConsumerProtection #Falsebranding #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #italiano #italy #lawsuit #sanmarzano #Tomatofraud
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2631236/tomato-fraud-lawsuit-against-tomato-product-company-alleges-false-tomato-branding/

Tomato fraud? Lawsuit against tomato product company alleges false tomato branding https://www.diningandcooking.com/2631236/tomato-fraud-lawsuit-against-tomato-product-company-alleges-false-tomato-branding/ #CentoFineFoods #ClassAction #ConsumerProtection #FalseBranding #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #italiano #italy #lawsuit #SanMarzano #TomatoFraud

Engadget: Irish regulators are investigating whether Meta is using ‘dark patterns’ to steer people away from non-algorithmic feeds. “Irish regulators have opened two investigations into Meta over whether the company is sufficiently complying with a European law requiring platforms to offer users alternatives to targeted algorithmic feeds.”

FYI: Experian launches Agent Trust to verify humans behind AI shopping: Experian this week launched Agent Trust, a framework binding AI agents to verified consumer identities, with Visa, Cloudflare, and Skyfire as ecosystem partners. https://ppc.land/experian-launches-agent-trust-to-verify-humans-behind-ai-shopping/ #Experian #AgentTrust #AI #DigitalIdentity #ConsumerProtection

Pennsylvania sues AI company, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as licensed doctors apnews.com/article/char... #AI #Health #Chatbots #ConsumerProtection

Pennsylvania sues AI company, ...

Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives. It will come as no surprise to regular readers that I’d like to see him be successful and an enormous punitive award.

#Google’s “#Overview feature… published that he had been convicted of … the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm… listed on the national sex offender registry”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/canadian-ashley-macisaac-fiddler-musician-singer-songwriter-sues-google-ai-sex-offender-ntwnfb

#Law #ConsumerProtection

MAHA Awaits Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Definition of Ultraprocessed Foods

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/ultraprocessed-foods-rfk-maha.html

#electrek:
"
This Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla’s FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him.
"
"There are currently millions of vehicles on the road that have no hope of getting the full self-driving hardware they were sold with… "

https://electrek.co/2026/05/02/this-tesla-owner-won-10k-in-court-for-teslas-fsd-lies-tesla-is-still-fighting-him/

2.5.2026

#Autopilot #ConsumerProtection #EAuto #Elektromobilität #EV #FSD #HW3 #Model3 #Tesla #Verbraucherschutz

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@astronomerritt/116499438681879480

#British fans of #FishAndChips are literally being #catfished in NW #England

#food #fish #ConsumerProtection