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.
Remember Geordi La Forge? He's the fictional character in Star Trek: The Next Generation who was portrayed by LeVar Burton. Blind from…
Jun 18, 2014
The prestigious American Antitrust Institute is opposing the $45 billion Comcast-Time Warner mega merger because it raises potentially serious problems for competition…
Jun 17, 2014
Consumer Watchdog has joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and 25 other organizations in telling President Obama and Attorney General Eric…
Jun 17, 2014
Google's latest planned acquisition will will take the Internet giant's ability to spy on us and gather information about our activities to…
Jun 16, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today warned the California Department of Motor Vehicles not to succumb to pressure from Google and…
Jun 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, -- Consumer Watchdog today praised the highest European court’s ruling that people have a “right to be forgotten” and can…
May 13, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today filed a formal complaint asking the New York Joint Commission On Public Ethics to remove…
May 12, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission has just settled a major privacy case with Snapchat, the developer of a popular messaging app. Snapchat promised…
May 8, 2014
Google's privacy invading wearable computing device, Glass, has been taking a lot of well deserved hits lately, and the Internet giant seems…
May 5, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today backed six broad policy recommendations outlined in the White House report on Big Data and…
May 1, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA — Google said it will stop reading the Gmail accounts of 30 million students who use Google Apps For…
Apr 30, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog, a national public interest group, today expressed deep concern about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appointment…
Apr 28, 2014
A settlement has been reached in the $3 billion class action lawsuit on behalf of 64,000 high tech workers who charged that…
Apr 24, 2014
The CEO of Europe's largest newspaper publishing company is charging that Google is seeking to build a "digital superstate" free from the…
Apr 16, 2014Google Glass raises privacy and safety concerns, said Consumer Watchdog in a report released Monday.
Apr 16, 2014
From time to time it's instructive to look at an online company's Terms of Service (TOS) so you understand what you're agreeing…
Apr 11, 2014
Perhaps you've heard of Google's latest outrageous gambit. The Internet giant is fighting to trademark the word "Glass."
Apr 9, 2014SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog has told the White House Team studying the Obama Administration’s policy towards “Big Data” that “people…
Apr 1, 2014