#ConsentDecrees

2025-05-21

"Justice Department to drop police reform agreements with Louisville, Minneapolis":
abcnews.go.com/Politics/justic
"It's unfortunate the Trump administration may not be interested in cooperating with us to improve policing and support our community, but make no mistake: we have the tools, the resolve, and the community's backing to fulfill our promise to the people of Minneapolis.

Yonhap Infomax Newsinfomaxkorea
2025-05-12

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission forms dedicated task force to swiftly handle delivery platform cases, enhancing investigative capabilities and stakeholder engagement

en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

π™΄πšžπš‹πš’πšŽ β€” π’’π’–π’Šπ’†π’• π’Šπ’”π’β€™π’• π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆eubiedrew.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2024-11-18
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)EubieDrew@qoto.org
2024-11-18

This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.

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from‬ absurdistwords.bsky.social‬:

#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)

#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
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Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.

bsky.app/profile/absurdistword

rexirexi
2024-09-02

motherjones.com/politics/2024/

Conservative attacks on are not exactly new. β€œWe’ve certainly seen pushes to either limit, restrict or get rid of consent decrees in agencies in prior administrations,” Wakschlag says. The Trump administration, notably, put a near ban in place on consent decrees between the Department of Justice and police departments that aimed to address .

Miguel Afonso Caetanoremixtures@tldr.nettime.org
2023-12-23

#USA #Privacy #FTC #Google #Meta #BigTech #ConsentDecrees #BigTech: "WIRED interviews with 20 current and former employees of Meta and Google who worked on privacy initiatives show that internal reviews forced by consent decrees have sometimes blocked unnecessary harvesting and access of users’ data. But current and former privacy workers, from low-level staff to top executives, increasingly view the agreements as outdated and inadequate. Their hope is that US lawmakers engineer a solution that helps authorities keep pace with advances in technology and constrain the behavior of far more companies.

Congress does not look likely to act soon, leaving the privacy of hundreds of millions of people who entrust personal data to Google and Meta backstopped by the two consent decrees, static barriers of last resort serving into an ever-dynamic era of big tech dominance they were never designed to contain. The FTC is undertaking an ambitious effort to modernize its deal with Meta, but appeals by the company could drag the process out for years and kill the prospect of future decrees."

wired.com/story/google-consent

2023-04-20

From a forthcoming paper by Simcha Barkai, presented at the Stigler Center's#antitrust conference. This is data from every antitrust enforcement action since 1971. Note that nearly NONE of the enforcement actions brought relate to consent decree violations.

#ConsentDecrees are #bullshit.

A chart showing different kids of antitrust enforcement. Consent decree enforcement is <1%.
2022-11-11

As Australian's reel from cyber security fails at #Optus and #Medibank, with less than a feather beating for either from government, read this and weep at the much tougher standards #FTC apply in #USA #ConsentDecrees techdirt.com/2022/11/10/does-t

2018-02-04

Wells Fargo's punishment for fake account scandal: no more growth until Fed is "satisfied" boingboing.net/2018/02/04/late #elizabethwarren #consentdecrees #wellsfargo #banksters #Business #finance #fraud #Post

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