John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the internet and the need for greater online privacy.
SANTA MONICA, CA -- The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog today wrote the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department asking them…
Jul 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Google trimmed its spending on lobbying in the second quarter by 13 percent to $4.62 million, according to disclosure…
Jul 20, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA. – Consumer Watchdog strongly supports the Consumer Privacy Protection Act introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by…
Jul 8, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – A U.S. Supreme Court decision today striking down a Los Angeles Ordinance allowing police to check guest registries…
Jun 22, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – The California Department of Motor Vehicles has reversed its policy and today said it would release accident reports…
Jun 18, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission looks like it means business when it comes to enforcing open Internet rules. It just slapped AT&T with…
Jun 17, 2015
Consumer Watchdog has joined eight other privacy advocates and quit the so-called “multi-stakeholder process” being run by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications…
Jun 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog today petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to enact rules that would require Internet companies known as “edge…
Jun 15, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today said it opposes a proposed San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ ordinance that requires home sharing…
Jun 9, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – After repeated calls for disclosure from Consumer Watchdog, Google today said it would issue regular reports offering some…
Jun 5, 2015
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Mountain View, CA, to ask questions at the annual Google Shareholders’ meeting. This…
Jun 4, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Google founder Sergey Brin said he would be “open to” releasing accident reports about crashes involving its robot…
Jun 3, 2015
It looks as though Google is muscling into a position where it can gather even more information about us as we increasingly…
May 22, 2015
Google’s YouTube Kids is even worse than we thought.
May 19, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on Google to disclose the details of 11 crashes it has acknowledged its self-driving…
May 12, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today called on Google to release the reports of accidents involving its driverless cars that have…
May 11, 2015
There are many things I admire about Europe these days. Near the top of my list is the so-called right to be…
May 5, 2015