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# Subscription traps targeted as part of crackdown on junk fees
- URL: https://www.consumernews.ai/subscription-traps-targeted-as-part-of-crackdown-on-junk-fees/
- Published: 2026-07-10T13:16:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-10T13:16:32.000Z
- Description: It should be as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to make it, consumer advocates have been saying for years. Regulators are starting to listen.
- Author: The Editors
- Tags: Consumer Protection

[New York City adopts first-in-the-nation crackdown on ‘subscription traps’ as junk-fee fight expandsConsumers could soon find it much easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions, while hidden mandatory fees may also come under new scrutiny.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-4f23b7c8-e772-48cb-833f-e2ea254539f6.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/subscription-trap-midj-2026-bbec92e2-eba6-4c9d-9cce-f553a47dff3a.jpg)](https://www.consumernews.ai/new-york-city-adopts-first-in-the-nation-crackdown-on-subscription-traps-as-junk-fee-fight-expands/)

July 10, 2026

[Americans lose hundreds yearly on subscriptions; now, a bipartisan bill targets ‘dark patterns’Left for dead, Unsubscribe Act returns in new bipartisan bill![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-a83157e4-fa8d-4236-afdf-79be0041167e.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/0950da30-9985-4376-ac1a-394c36ba0c1e_1536x1024-jpeg-da45432e-2aae-4f38-94da-22ff5dbdc172.jpg)](https://www.consumernews.ai/americans-lose-hundreds-yearly-on/)

Jan. 14, 2026

[‘Click to Cancel’ rule coming to NYC but still blocked nationwide by a court rulingNothing annoys consumers more than being trapped in self-renewing subscriptions that are nearly impossible to break![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-e8515e91-4c11-4c40-8438-d2c94077d9eb.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/b6716869-ffed-495e-ac29-5f184f7c279f_1456x816-jpeg-ee89a063-a2da-4f1f-ac32-417db5ae86c9.jpg)](https://www.consumernews.ai/click-to-cancel-rule-coming-to-nyc/)

April 17, 2026

[Washington Post hit with class-action lawsuit alleging it used a decade of reader data to set higher subscription prices for its most loyal readersGrowing awareness of “surveillance pricing” lands a prominent defendant![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-ed29ce22-788d-46b2-82ba-f9220da288ac.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/eea83632-d3c5-41d9-bad8-b85d268515ba_1456x816-6ecaf830-c101-4bb1-84bf-6f71b9583701.png)](https://www.consumernews.ai/washington-post-hit-with-class-action/)

June 12, 2026

[Shutterstock faces $35 million penalty for FTC finding of unfair subscription chargesThe stock photo agency charged customers without their consent, the agency said![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-fffeafd2-5260-4c2e-901f-818a6d0e04e6.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/8976a8ef-b84e-400c-bca9-456dcfe1ee8a_1456x816-jpeg-a8eb8d54-badb-4e0b-94d8-b6a597c1d14f.jpg)](https://www.consumernews.ai/shutterstock-faces-35-million-penalty/)

May 15, 2026

[FTC seeks public comment on new rules to crack down on subscription ‘negative option’ billingThe agency gets tens of thousands of complaints about the hated practice![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/icon/cnai-logo-icon-600-sq-c58f2780-ba98-46d6-b161-633347521a59.png)ConsumerNews.aiJames R. Hood![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/11/2a11693a-adfd-404e-b346-dc871787142e/content/images/thumbnail/adb14c02-7317-4bb7-a548-ff803f46ba69_1536x1024-jpeg-1e6dc124-d46f-4818-bbe7-1bb34f239d6c.jpg)](https://www.consumernews.ai/ftc-seeks-public-comment-on-new-rules/)

March 13, 2026