Looking at Amazon, Aliexpress, even Walmart, there’s a lot of products that aren’t what they claim, such as lying about the capacity of batteries. Customers have to figure these things out for themselves and ‘metagame’ the system.
I don’t think this should be allowed, but what are your thoughts?
Some sort of department of consumer protection? https://www.usa.gov/state-consumer
Giving those agencies resources and teeth to successfully prosecute is another thing.
Are you in the US?
If so, it’s the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Trump ofc tried to replace the commissioners who lead the Bureau. The courts stopped him, at least temporarily, TBH I’ve lost track of that one. And now he’s trying to use the Bureau to go after gender-affirming care. I assume it’s something transphobic like, since he believes transgenderism is made up, care to help a person transition would be “fraudulent”.
The courts stopped him, at least temporarily, TBH I’ve lost track of that one.
I’ve got some bad news for you.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-ftc/
The high court said in a brief order that it will also allow Mr. Trump to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her position at the FTC while it considers the case. It will hear arguments in its December session, and its stay will remain in place until it issues a decision. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority’s decision to allow Slaughter’s removal.
The FTC has a Bureau of Consumer Protection which is supposed to do that (not to be confused with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which focuses on banking.)
How come fake products are allowed to be sold in the US then?
Because it’s not enough for the department to merely exist—it also has to be adequately funded, led by people committed to its intended purpose, and not actively interfered with by the rest of the administration.
tends to get in the way of profit.
As others have pointed out, we have agencies to do exactly that, but people voted decisively against them this past election
It’s called a consumer market authority
I’d go a step further and say it should apply to digital products too.
Every mobile ad that goes to a product that the ad misrepresents.
Every mobile ad that won’t close when you click “x”.
Every website that loads bogus malware and scareware ads. “YOUR PHONE IS INFECTED!!!”
The mobile space is, if anything, worse than meatspace for fakery and bullshit.
All of those things should be illegal, and many of them are. Ideally, someone would go to jail, but until that happens, might I suggest a solution to block most mobile ads?
Interesting, better or worse than a Pi Hole I wonder? 🤔
It works when you’re not at home, so probably better for a mobile device.
Conservatives would hate it so it’s probably a good idea
My pessimistic prediction is that it would be toothless, underfunded, and hamstrung by red tape and loopholes. The rules would probably be written by the same corporations this agency is supposed to monitor.
I’d be in favor of an aggressive, well-funded, and powerful version of this agency, though!
Im going to look through and see if anyone is against this because um. I can’t see why.
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