Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/10/apple-google-third-party-apps-app-store #Apple #Google #CompetitionAndMarketsAuthority #Regulators #Business #Technology #Apps #UkNews

Bloomberg: #Chinese #regulators advised #banks to rein in their holdings of #US #governmentdebt, citing concerns over concentration risks and #market #volatility.

Lib Dems urge FCA to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/07/lib-dems-urge-fca-investigate-peter-mandelson-potential-insider-trading #PeterMandelson #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #FinancialSector #JeffreyEpstein #JpMorgan #UkNews #LiberalDemocrats #Politics #Business #Banking

Shoutout to #DagogoAltraide for making the - admittedly neither easy nor convenient - transition from #Windows to #Linux as a #creator, because "The only winning move is not to play!" applies to #Enshittification and the #abuse at the hands of #Microsoft and #Adobe won't be stopped by #regulators and #regulation but by #users & #consumers unilaterally refusing to be #victims in an abusive relationship!

#YouWillOwnNothingAndYouWillBeHappy #YouWillOwnNothing #YouOwnNothing #LateStageCapitalism #Greedflation #greed #Inflation

And yes, #regulation (and generally, any #legislation) should be subject to constant #review.

Not as means to stifle it, but as like a "Performance Review", asking critical questions like:

• Why was this regulation put in place?
• What was the intended outcome?
• What is the actual outcome?
• What consequence do we take from any disparities of the latter two?
• Is this even relevant anymore, or some abandoned vestigal rule that doesn't apply because it's rationale & reasoning doesn't exist anymore?

And then act accordingly.

• Ideally requesting public testimonials and comments from those affected, mandating a 1:1:1 parity between those at the compliance (i.e. businesses), enforcement (i.e. city authorities) and beneficiary (i.e. consumers) side.

#politics #regulators #ConsumerProtection #EnvoirmentalProtection #OverRegulation #BlindSpots

‘Unlawful’ OfS ruling against University of Sussex should be quashed, court told https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/03/university-of-sussex-high-court-office-for-students-ofs-ruling #UniversityOfSussex #Universities #HigherEducation #OfficeForStudents #Regulators #Education #Gender #Transgender #Society #Law #England #UkNews #FreedomOfSpeech

Organic salmon certifier forced to share findings amid claims consumers misled https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/organic-salmon-certifier-share-findings-amid-claims-consumers-misled-soil-association-wildfish #Food #Fish #Fish #FishingIndustry #FoodDrinkIndustry #Regulators #Business #Environment #Food #FoodSafety #UkNews

Organic salmon certifier forced to share findings amid claims consumers misled https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/organic-salmon-certifier-share-findings-amid-claims-consumers-misled-soil-association-wildfish #Food #Fish #Fish #FishingIndustry #FoodDrinkIndustry #Regulators #Business #Environment #Food #FoodSafety #UkNews

Santander closing further 44 branches as it gears up for £2.6bn takeover of TSB https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/29/santander-close-branches-jobs-at-risk-tsb-takeover #BancoSantander #Banking #JobLosses #Tsb #Regulators #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Business #UkNews #Money

Happiness is your very own Stormrider.

#cats #catsofmastodon #Regulators!

Royal Mail delivered Christmas letters and parcels late to about 16m people https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/28/royal-mail-christmas-letters-parcels-late-citizens-advice #RoyalMail #Business #UkNews #CouriersdeliveryIndustry #Privatisation #Politics #DanielKetnsk #Ofcom #Regulators

Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/coinbase-adverts-banned-uk-crypto #Cryptocurrencies #Advertising #UkNews #Business #GeorgeOsborne #FinancialConductAuthority #Politics #Media #Regulators

Bank of Scotland fined £160,000 over account for sanctioned Putin ally https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/26/bank-of-scotland-fined-putin-ally-dmitrii-ovsiannikov #LloydsBankingGroup #Banking #Regulators #Business #UkNews

City minister accused of ignoring £2bn car finance tax loophole https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/25/city-minister-accused-ignoring-car-finance-tax-loophole #MotorFinance #FinancialSector #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Banking #AutomotiveIndustry #Money #Business #CorporateGovernance #Barclays #LloydsBankingGroup #BancoSantander #OfficeForBudgetResponsibility #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #Politics #UkNews

@WooShell because #Autodesk are assholes and the fact that they are able to gobble up #Engineering #Software and monopolize it is the problem, with no #regulators stopping them from #Enshittifying and #monopolizing!

UK exposed to ‘serious harm’ by failure to tackle AI risks, MPs warn https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/20/uk-ai-risks-mps-government-bank-of-england-fca #Business #AiArtificialIntelligence #BankOfEngland #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #Technology #UkNews

UK exposed to ‘serious harm’ by failure to tackle AI risks, MPs warn https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/20/uk-ai-risks-mps-government-bank-of-england-fca #Business #AiArtificialIntelligence #BankOfEngland #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #Technology #UkNews

South East Water could lose operating licence after outages in Kent and Sussex https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/14/south-east-water-operating-licence-ofwat-review-outages-kent-sussex #WaterIndustry #Regulators #Water #Environment #Business #Utilities #Kent

Ofcom investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/12/ofcom-investigating-x-outcry-sexualised-ai-images-grok-elon-musk #X #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Media #Internet #Ofcom #Regulators #ElonMusk #Women #InternetSafety

Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/10/wessex-water-bosses-extra-pay-uk-bonus-ban #WaterIndustry #Utilities #ExecutivePayAndBonuses #Business #UkNews #CorporateGovernance #Regulators