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#deceptive — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #deceptive, aggregated by home.social.

  1. "The wellspring of #enshittification isn't poor #consumption choices, it's poor #policy #choices. The reason #monsters are able to destroy our #online lives isn't their personal #moral failings, it's the #system that rewards #predatory, #deceptive and unfair #commercial practices and elevates their foremost #practitioners to positions of power within firms…"

    pluralistic.net/2025/09/10/say

  2. In the 14 yrs the #CFPB has existed, it has challenged #banks on outrageous overdraft fees, taken on payday #lenders, & issued rules to rein in rogue #debt collectors. It created a complaint database to help #consumers seeking to resolve disputes with their #creditors & pursued companies & industries w/ #deceptive marketing & billing practices.

    The agency was also laser-focused on making companies communicate w/consumers in plain language.
    #Trump #Musk #DOGE #law #regulation #USpol