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.
Since The European Court of Justice ruled that citizens of the European Union have a “right to be be forgotten” Google and…
Oct 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Public challenges to insurance rate requests have saved consumers $3.063 billion on auto, homeowners and medical malpractice policies…
Oct 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today challenged the idea that widespread use of fully autonomous or driverless cars is imminent, and…
Oct 2, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today endorsed a new website, “Focus on the User” and a downloadable “widget” available on the…
Sep 29, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Three Northern California newspapers have endorsed Proposition 45, comparing it to California’s landmark insurance reform initiative Proposition 103…
Sep 20, 2014
I don’t often agree with Google, but today I must admit that the Internet giant said exactly the right thing and came…
Sep 10, 2014
The European Commission’s Competition Commissioner said over the weekend that Google’s proposed antitrust settlement is inadequate and added he would seek further…
Sep 8, 2014
An $8.5 million settlement in a class action privacy lawsuit against Google “doesn’t pass the smell test” a federal judge said at…
Aug 29, 2014
You know how Google executives are always claiming that they care about privacy? Well, yet again their actions demonstrate just how empty…
Aug 29, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Five consumer privacy groups today emphasized their continuing opposition to a proposed $8.5 million settlement in a class…
Aug 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog has filed formal comments calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed $45 billion merger…
Aug 26, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has joined with six other consumer privacy organizations in calling for President Obama to propose strong…
Aug 5, 2014
Remember back in 2011 when Google settled with the U.S. Department of Justice on charges that it was knowingly selling advertising on…
Jul 24, 2014
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.VA.) has sent a blistering letter to Rep.
Jul 23, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Google spent $5.03 million on lobbying in the second quarter of 2014, matching a company record and well…
Jul 22, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – A 2012 secret experiment in which Facebook manipulated users’ news feed to see whether certain kinds of content…
Jun 30, 2014
Google today began removing some search results in Europe under the recently court-upheld “right to be forgotten.” The Internet giant should offer…
Jun 26, 2014
People aren’t buying the bafflegab being spouted by mega moguls claiming that the $45.2 billion merger of cable TV giants Comcast and…
Jun 19, 2014