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.
WASHNGTON, DC – President Obama’s newest Federal Trade Commission nominee, who is expected to pledge to recuse himself from matters involving Google…
Dec 4, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog today called on Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.VA) to oppose Joshua Wright’s Nomination to the…
Nov 29, 2012
Should one company be able to control how you use the Internet and what you see? Google -- with 70% of online…
Nov 29, 2012
A federal judge's ruling late Friday in a key privacy case demonstrates the need to implement tough "Do Not Track" rules and…
Nov 20, 2012
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged the Federal Trade Commission to file an antitrust suit against Google and proceed to…
Nov 15, 2012
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz has given Google what Bloomberg News Service describes as an ultimatum to settle the agency's antitrust…
Nov 13, 2012
Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, is getting a little bit of ink for his suggestion that all politicians elected today quit their parties…
Nov 7, 2012
A weekend New York Times article puts a clear focus on the issues that are drawing antitrust regulators to focus on the…
Nov 4, 2012
Signs that Google will soon face strong antitrust action on both sides of the Atlantic are increasing with a report Thursday from…
Nov 2, 2012
It looks like California Attorney General Kamala Harris means business when it comes to protecting consumers' online privacy. She has started to…
Oct 31, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog urged the founders of Google to take today's early leak of financial information -- which caused…
Oct 18, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised the European data commissioners for rebuking Google’s unilateral merging of privacy policies and data…
Oct 16, 2012
News broke over the weekend that Federal Trade Commission staff is calling for the Commission to bring an antitrust case against Google…
Oct 15, 2012
One of the things you hear when companies try to minimize the impact of privacy violations is an attempt to claim there…
Oct 2, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog has called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to reject applications from…
Sep 27, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – The driverless car law signed today by Gov. Jerry Brown at a ceremony at Google’s headquarters in Mountain…
Sep 26, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO – The Federal Trade Commission’s proposed $22.5 million settlement with Google for hacking past privacy settings on Apple’s Safari browser…
Sep 24, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog today urged Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D –W.VA) to block attempts by Google and Amazon to buy control…
Sep 20, 2012