#Affordability is NOT a hoax. Ask just about anyone who's gone shopping for a car recently. #inflation #cars

The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

Today we are publishing our new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

Commercial exploitation of children and adolescents online How to ensure a rights-respecting digital childhood

🚀 On Thursday we published a report on how to ensure a rights-respecting digital childhood, mapping the main harmful effects, to create a basis for further discussions about which measures can and should be implemented to reduce these effects.

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The SAVE America act would make it harder for us to vote.

Congress should make it easier for working people’s voices to be heard, not silencing them. They must reject this voter suppression bill.

Prediction Markets May Have Inadvertently Outed Themselves as Casinos - The American Prospect By intervening in individual bets, companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are not acting as neutral market makers, as they have claimed in litigation.

“They are now finally saying publicly that they’re running this thing,” @csfrayer.bsky.social said. “[They] have actively created #BettingMarkets and are facilitating the betting markets.”

Our work in 2025 shows the power of a growing consumer coalition. Together with our members and partners, CFA advanced meaningful protections for consumers and laid the groundwork for even more progress ahead. Thank you for being part of what makes this work possible.

During his #SOTU, Trump said “the roaring economy is roaring like never before.” But the data tell a far more complicated and concerning story.

CFA’s State of the #Economy examines the real financial conditions facing American households.
#AffordabilityCrisis #FoodPolicy

"If you're dealing with an older car that's been in a minor crash, try to get an independent adjuster or auto body shop to assess the damage," said Michael Delong of the Consumer Federation of America.

Full video here: www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/s...

CFA’s State of the Economy 2026 · Consumer Federation of America Ahead of the President’s State of the Union Address, it is essential to present the economic facts clearly and transparently. CFA’s State of the Economy examines the real financial conditions facing A...

Ahead of the President’s #SOTU Address, it is essential to present the economic #Facts clearly and transparently.

CFA’s State of the #Economy examines the real financial conditions facing American households at this critical moment. #AffordabilityCrisis

Thrilled to see this work as well as our urgent warning from last August about X featured in the @energycommerce.bsky.social investigation launched last week

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X has not done enough and those responsible have not yet been held accountable

“We stand with the dedicated #CFPB employees. Because of their work, the CFPB has implemented essential safeguards designed to protect the financial stability of American households and has saved consumers tens of billions of dollars." @adamrust.bsky.social

An Unsettling Climate Warning for Homeownership Earth’s climate system has suddenly shifted to a new phase of global warming acceleration that few saw coming. This ups the ante for risks of severe climate-related disaster scenarios following a reco...

The Consumer Federation of America’s April 2025 report, Overburdened, found that U.S. #homeowners spent $21 billion more on homeowners’ #insurance in 2024 than in 2021

CFA’s @sjccorn.bsky.social testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance. #FHLBanks #AffordableHousing #Congress

BRAVO Graciela!!! 👏✨❤️ #SaveCFPB #StopVought #LoveCFPB

This is flying under the radar:

Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.

Then, their stock jumped.

If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.

#SurveilancePricing = charging you more depending on what they think they can get away with. #affordability

Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for standing with consumers to #DefendTheCFPB
#CFPB

Automakers raised prices over tariffs, but many dealerships saw no changes While 39 percent of dealers saw automakers raise sticker prices over tariffs, 36 percent reported no manufacturer changes and 43 percent made no dealership adjustments, Cox and Kerrigan dealer surveys...

#Tariff tactics: some auto manufacturers hike prices. Some price hikes are masquerading as "destination charges." #affordability #tariffs #cars #usedcars
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Today, I’m sharing my conversation with @benwinters.bsky.social, Director of AI and Privacy at @consumerfed.bsky.social about The People First Chatbot Bill—model legislation for regulating chatbots that’s been endorsed by over 70 organizations.

What If We Regulated Chatbots Like Any Other Product? Listen now | My conversation with Ben Winters, Director of AI and Privacy at Consumer Federation of America

Give it a read / listen and sign up to Untangled while you're at it - untangled.substack.com/p/what-if-we...

Food #Inflation, new #DietaryGuidelines, #MAHA, & so much more!

Learn about the future of #FoodPolicy at CFA's National Food Policy Conference, now less than 1 month away.

Register Here: consumerfed.org/events/natio...

Watch CFA’s @benwinters.bsky.social join @charleyjohnson.bsky.social’s the Untangled podcast to discuss The People First #Chatbot Bill

Full episode here: untangled.substack.com/p/what-if-we...

Honored to join congressional leaders, union members & consumer advocates to call on congress to defend the #CFPB & protect people not predatory profits. @adamrust.bsky.social @nteu335.bsky.social

Trump administration's changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year.

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Attempting to shut down the #CFPB has “cost American families $19 Billion”

Thank you @warren.senate.gov for defending the CFPB and protecting people not predatory profits.

Trump's CFPB to Nearly a Million Americans: Goodbye, We Prefer Not To Help You · Consumer Federation of America If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were to close its doors today, 836,588 Americans would be left waiting for an answer to the complaints they have filed with the CFPB. According to re...

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Financial complaints filed by servicemembers, that are not yet resolved by Trump's #CFPB, now exceed 10,000.

It's time we "go back to protecting people, not predatory profits" @adamrust.bsky.social

#DefendCFPB

GAO details CFPB’s downsizing Two reports released Monday explored the scope of the CFPB’s downsizing in the last 12 months. A second one, by Senate Democrats, said the changes have cost consumers $19 billion.

"This #CFPB’s willingness to distort the record, obstruct transparency, and put its agenda ahead of the public interest is virtually unprecedented, and this episode makes that clear.”

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Hearing Entitled: Homeownership and the Role of the Secondary Mortgage Market YouTube video by GOPFinancialServices

📺 WATCH: CFA’s Sharon Cornelissen testifies before #Congress on #Homeownership and the role of the secondary #Mortgage market. @sjccorn.bsky.social

“I would urge #Congress not to forget about the #FHLBanks”
If congress were to raise the minimum net income devoted to #affordablehousing programs from “10% to 30% an additional $1.2 Billion could go to affordable housing construction.” @sjccorn.bsky.social