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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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February 26, 2026
X Corp. Beats OnlyFans Creator's Revenge Porn Suit
A Texas federal judge has tossed an OnlyFans creator's proposed class action that sought to hold X Corp. liable under a revenge porn statute after someone shared his photos on the social media platform, saying the creator's images had not been "produced" by fraud or misrepresentation as required for damages.
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February 26, 2026
Social Media Plaintiff 'Wanted To Be On It All The Time' As Kid
The plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial over claims Instagram and YouTube harms children's mental health testified Thursday she started obsessively using the platforms as a small child, and that her obsession with them contributed to or worsened her anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia.
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February 26, 2026
'Lifetimes Wasted' From Scrolling Tech, Meta's NM Jury Hears
A tech design guru who said he was an inventor of infinite scroll told a jury in the New Mexico attorney general's social media mental health trial against Meta that he's seen firsthand the power of interface design and the way inventions like his can be wielded for good or for ill.
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February 26, 2026
Ex-Paxful CEO Charged Over Anti-Money Laundering Failures
Federal authorities have arrested the former CEO of now-shuttered crypto exchange Paxful and accused him of willfully failing to maintain anti-money laundering policies that enabled scammers and prostitution enterprises, newly unsealed court documents show.
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February 26, 2026
Toyota Nears OK On $436M Class Deal Over Forklift Emissions
A California federal judge indicated Thursday she'll give preliminary approval to Toyota Industries Corp.'s $436 million class action settlement to resolve claims the auto giant and its subsidiaries misled tens of thousands of business buyers into thinking the emissions of its forklift and construction engines were "the cleanest" in the industry.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State attorneys general offices
- State consumer protection regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- Lanham Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth in Lending Act
- State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Deceptive or predatory loan and loan servicing disputes
- Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
- Cases over consumer data breaches
- Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of consumer protection practices
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals