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.
Bipartisan efforts to amend a key Internet law so rogue websites like Backpage can be held accountable for facilitating child sex trafficking…
Mar 2, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a bipartisan bill amending a key Internet…
Feb 27, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – New California autonomous vehicle regulations released today by the Department of Motor Vehicles will turn testing robot cars…
Feb 27, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised an apparent agreement that would combine language from U.S. Senate and House bills that…
Feb 21, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA — Autonomous Vehicles are not safe to be deployed on public roads, Consumer Watchdog told the U.S. Senate, basing…
Feb 12, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – New reports required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles from companies testing robot cars on the state’s…
Feb 1, 2018
One victim of sex trafficking began her ordeal when she was 15. She was sold through website Backpage.com for sex to men…
Jan 24, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – The failure of virtually all robot car developers to publish safety self-assessments described in the National Highway Traffic…
Jan 4, 2018
A new study reveals that Amazon and Google have filed patent applications for a number of technologies that would dramatically expand surveillance…
Dec 22, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and take action against Google and Amazon…
Dec 19, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Internet giants Amazon and Google are slashing prices and offering supposed deals on their “digital assistants” this holiday…
Dec 13, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today joined Privacy International and other public interest groups in an international call for car rental…
Dec 6, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA. – The California Department of Motor Vehicles is heeding a warning from Consumer Watchdog and has just dropped language…
Dec 1, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today backed the U.S. Department of Justice suit to block AT&T’s planned purchase of Time Warner…
Nov 21, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Language adopted from a General Motors suggestion by the California Department of Motor Vehicles in its revised proposed…
Nov 15, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Waymo, must publicly release key information about its robot cars’ driving records in Arizona before it turns the…
Nov 7, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised California Senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein for supporting bipartisan Congressional efforts to amend…
Nov 3, 2017
Revised proposed California regulations covering the deployment of autonomous vehicles amount to a “license to kill” because they provide no enforceable safety standards and…
Oct 26, 2017