The Hamstringing of a Consumer Protection Agency

Jesse Eisinger / ProPublica Feb 16, 2018 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has quickly been subsumed into the Trump administration, and banks, student-loan agencies and payday lenders are the winners. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Amazon Gives Customer Data to the Government at a Record Pace

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2018 The technology giant reports a spike in the amount of consumer information turned over to U.S. law enforcement in the first six months of 2017. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Crown Jewels of Personal Information’ Stolen From Equifax

By Ken Sweet / AP Sep 8, 2017 Lawmakers criticize the credit reporting company as consumers worry about the exposure of personal data affecting 143 million Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

T-Mobile Slapped With FTC Lawsuit for Phony Charges

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2014 Some T-Mobile customers have paid extra fees for text-based services they didn't agree to include in their cellphone charges, and now the Federal Trade Commission is on the mobile giant's case with an inquiry and a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Microsoft Gives Your Information to the Government

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 The company's first transparency report shows the U.S. and Turkish governments were nearly tied in 2012 for making the most requests for customer data, such as IP addresses, emails and photographs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Doing the Elizabeth Warren Shuffle

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 Opinions are divided over the news that Elizabeth Warren, progressives' pick to head the new consumer protection agency, will be appointed to get said agency off the ground but (in all likelihood) not be its first director. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Declares Victory in Financial Reform Fight

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2010 In yet another sweeping gesture that surely turned the stomachs of many of his opponents, President Barack Obama signed financial reform legislation on Wednesday, standing afterward with a similarly triumphant-looking Joe Biden and declaring (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Makes Financial Overhaul Official

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2010 It remains to be seen whether the new financial reform legislation that President Obama signed into law on Wednesday will spare us another economic cataclysm like the recession we're still in, but for his part, the president seems jazzed about it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No to Consumer Protection Agency

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2010 Plans to create an independent agency to provide consumer financial protection have probably been scrapped. According to a leaked document, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd is proposing that the protection office be within the Treasury Department instead of being independent, a clear capitulation to the Republicans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Get Ready for the GOP’s New Talking Points

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2010 Certain vigilant operatives from the blogosphere have caught wind of some key words and phrases that we might soon be hearing on Fox News, as Republican pollster and memo composer Frank Luntz has let fly with his latest manifesto on how to spin the news about happenings on Capitol Hill to the GOP's advantage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frustrated Subscribers Target AT&T

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2009 Thanks to the runaway success of the iPhone, AT&T has the largest wireless network in the country -- and the lousiest. Fed-up subscribers, who pay the telco about $30 a month just for data (and another $40 or so for voice), are planning an assault this Friday called Operation Chokehold. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )