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CFPB Erases 2,200 Pre-2025 Pages, Including Multilingual Content

6/5/2026

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Acting director Russell Vought ordered removal of over 2,200 CFPB webpages dating to 2010, erasing the agency’s pre-2025 record.
The deletions eliminated all CFPB news items published before February 2025.
Advocates say the purge removed dozens of Spanish, Chinese and Arabic posts and language-selection tools.
Consumer complaints reached a historic 5.4 million in 2025, double the previous year.
A limited archive leaves many links broken, making most removed content unavailable elsewhere.

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Story summary

Acting director Russell Vought ordered removal of over 2,200 CFPB webpages dating to 2010, erasing the agency’s pre-2025 record.
The deletions eliminated all CFPB news items published before February 2025.
Advocates say the purge removed dozens of Spanish, Chinese and Arabic posts and language-selection tools.
Consumer complaints reached a historic 5.4 million in 2025, double the previous year.
A limited archive leaves many links broken, making most removed content unavailable elsewhere.