The #Trump admin Wednesday asked #SCOTUS to allow the president to remove a pair of #independent #regulators whose cases have broad implications for at least two dozen other agencies, including the #FederalReserve Board, & for how the federal govt operates.

Trump has moved aggressively to seize greater control of the bureaucracy, ousting independent #watchdogs & removing the two #Democrats on the #FTC, which protects #consumers from deceptive practices & monopoly #power.

#Trump won significant financial support from the #crypto industry in his 2024 election bid, & he has quickly moved to back their policy priorities. Under his Democratic predecessor, Joe #Biden, #regulators cracked down on the industry in a bid to protect Americans from #fraud & #MoneyLaundering.

#ElonMusk would no doubt like to get the government off his own back. His companies, including #Tesla & #SpaceX, are the subject of over 20 investigations or reviews, a NYT examination found. Tesla’s push for autonomous driving is a particular focus for #regulators. Just last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was investigating several self-driving crashes involving fog & dust.

@quokka1 @GrapheneOS I sincerely doubt the #regulators will do much about it and I assume that like with #Turkey (aka. #Türkiye):

Restricted imports of one Device (as per IMEI!!!) per person and year (every entry is counted even if you leave with the device!) and automatically bans them after 30 days of #Roaming across all networks until one #KYC's with a Turkish National ID at a #Türkcell Store in person results in a literal "#BlackMarket" for domestically sold, cheap prepaid phones by said carriers just to take their #IMEI and flash it onto the #Baseband of an #imported #Smartphone to circumvent that garbage.

• Basically the inverse of what people do in places like #Thailand and #Germany where KYC is mandated even for #Prepaid cards and they just import a SIM from neighbouring countries.

@protonprivacy @puppygirlhornypost @vfrmedia

pressing X for doubt Good #OpSec dictates to never ever rely on any provder to cover one's ass...

• So whether or not you have any #Govware #backdoors or not is a moot argument because we all know you will comply with duely submitted warrants like anyone else...

I just think that you overstate your #privacy claims like all those #VPN companies do to bamboozle #TechIlliterates and I find that insulting to me personally, because I'd rather have honest providers like cock.li and @monocles that will not lie into the face of customers.

• Because at best that's stupid marketing attracting abusive & [non[!!!] paying) customers that cause more trouble than they make up for in #subscription revenue and in some juristictions may be even a felony i.e. encouraging or rewarding criminal activity...

But that's #NotLegalAdvice...

I just think that being honest like @tomscott is way better long-term and more beneficial to one's personal #reputation, but that's just me as a #consumer and #TechLiterate.

• I'm shure as a #PublicCompany (not traded publicly on exchanges !!!) you do have an obligation to maximize profit and share value for your #shareholders - #Switzerland isn't that different in that regard compared to #Germany - so OFC that may not roll with your board of directors.

It's just that previous blunders left a sour taste as like a #postal service or #telco what people communicate and with whom is none of your business unless you're forced to do so for "legitimate reasons" like #ITsec or to comply with duely submitted court orders...

• Otherwise we'll soon have #regulators and #ConsumerProtection forcing hard advertisement regulation on the entire industry with big ass disclaimers being tagged on because someone made too outrageous claims re: privacy and security...

The #ImaneKhelif controversy at the #ParisOlympics highlights the challenges of #sextesting in #WomensSports, placing #regulators in an impossible #bin.

Controversy relates to the #Russian-led #InternationalBoxingAssociation, which has been #discredited as a #sporting organization due to issues with the group's #finances, #governance and #ethics

https://theconversation.com/imane-khelif-controversy-at-paris-olympics-shows-how-sex-testing-in-womens-sports-puts-regulators-in-an-impossible-bind-236211

Criticism re: #Finance and #Regulators aside, I want shit like #PayOrOkay for #Tracking and #DataTrading as well as #AI bs to be completely outlawed as a criminal felony.

And I hope that @noybeu makes that happen with enough judicial pressure...

Or as some people call it: "#Lawfare"...

But #TrumpMedia almost didn’t make it to the merger after #regulators opened a #securities investigation into it in 2021 & caused the co to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited…for its IPO.

The situation led TrumpMedia to take emergency #loans, incl’g from an entity called #ESFamilyTrust, which opened an acct w/ #PaxumBank, a small bank registered on the #Caribbean island of #Dominica best known for providing #financial services to the #porn industry.