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Latest News in Consumer Protection

  • September 18, 2026

    Roblox Struggles To Shake LA County Public Nuisance Suit

    As a California judge appeared poised Friday to deny Roblox's bid to dismiss Los Angeles County's lawsuit alleging the child-focused gaming platform is a "hunting ground for predators," a company attorney encouraged him to at least trim some allegations on free speech grounds.

  • September 18, 2026

    Facebook Has Improved Systems For Misinfo, Exec Tells Jury

    Meta's chief product officer told a New Mexico jury Friday that Facebook's switch from fact-checkers to crowdsourced notes helped combat misinformation, but he was also grilled about a Mark Zuckerberg email that supposedly envisioned "tricking" users into public posting.

  • September 18, 2026

    Judge Nixes USDA's SNAP Deadline, Immigrant Benefit Rules

    An Oregon federal judge sided with a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the Trump administration's restrictions to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ruling Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's guidance barring certain noncitizen immigrants from SNAP benefits was unlawful.

  • September 18, 2026

    UPMC, NYU Will End Gender-Affirming Trans Care For Minors

    New York University Langone Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will pay $8.5 million and $950,000 respectively and will stop providing gender-affirming care to children, the Justice Department said Friday, closing another chapter in the Trump administration's use of the False Claims Act to target healthcare for trans minors. 

  • September 18, 2026

    NJ Seeks Quick Win On TikTok's Money Transfers

    New Jersey's attorney general urged a state court Friday to find TikTok liable for operating an unlicensed money transmission business via its livestreaming service, arguing the platform receives users' money, converts it into virtual currency and ultimately pays creators in cash.

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