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.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Consumer Watchdog today sent its “Google Track Team” comprised of mimes dressed in white track suits to follow…
Jun 21, 2012
Fifty years ago then President Kennedy spelled out what he considered four basic consumer rights. Over the years four more were added.…
Jun 12, 2012
If you fly you've probably encountered the Transportation Security Administration's highly intrusive and probably ineffective backscatter body scanners. Some security experts describe…
Jun 7, 2012
Microsoft has just announced that the newest version of its popular browser, Internet Explorer 10, will come with the privacy friendly feature,…
Jun 5, 2012
Have you seen the cloying and annoying video produced by Google called "Google Chrome: Coffee"? It tells the tale of a man…
Jun 5, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA –Google’s driverless cars should not be allowed on U.S. highways unless adequate privacy protections for users of the new…
May 30, 2012
Consumer Watchdog has long held the view that Google's executives are hypocrites, claiming their mission is to organize the world's information and…
May 24, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today welcomed the European Commission’s finding that Google’s business practices may violate antitrust law, but predicted…
May 21, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today welcomed an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa) into Google’s use of NASA’s Moffett Federal…
May 16, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – The Federal Trade Commission appears ready to fine Google millions of dollars for hacking around privacy settings on…
May 4, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today filed a Freedom Of Information Act Request with the Federal Communications Commission seeking all documents…
May 2, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called for a Senate hearing into the Google Wi-Spy scandal and urged that a key…
Apr 30, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today demanded that the Federal Communications Commission release an uncensored version of its highly redacted decision…
Apr 16, 2012
Around 50 representatives of various Internet stakeholders squared off for three days in Washington DC this past week as the W3C (World…
Apr 14, 2012
Consumer Watchdog's animated satirical video, "Supercharge" has just won a prestigious "Pollie" award from the American Association of Political Consultants.
Apr 3, 2012
Over the weekend The Los Angeles Times published a new poll suggesting that we may have reached the tipping point on online…
Apr 2, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to offer legislation to implement the Consumer Privacy…
Apr 2, 2012