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.
There were two major legal developments Friday involving Internet giant Google as the nation focused its attention on the long Labor Day…
Sep 7, 2010Despite what the spinmeisters over at Google's Public Policy Blog would have you believe, the Internet giant is facing tough...
Aug 28, 2010Four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, on Monday ...
Aug 17, 2010I'm just back from a sweltering week in Washington, DC, convinced that those of us who care about protecting consumers' online privacy…
Aug 15, 2010A Santa Monica-based consumer watchdog group this week decried a proposal by Google and Verizon Communications that it says would put an…
Aug 11, 2010A Wall Street Journal article this week details how Google is increasingly moving to maximize profits from the vast amount of personal…
Aug 11, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- Google and Verizon's new joint broadband proposal pays lip service to the idea of "net neutrality," but actually…
Aug 9, 2010Google has blown the deadline to move the City of Los Angeles‘ email system and other applications to the Internet Giant’s highly…
Jul 26, 2010Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va, chairman of the Communications,...
Jul 23, 2010Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson testified at a hearing yesterday on federal agency use of Web 2.0 technology, but the hearing got off…
Jul 23, 2010WASHINGTON, DC -- Consumer Advocate John M. Simpson today repeated Consumer Watchdog’s call for Congressional hearings into the Google Wi-Spy scandal during…
Jul 22, 2010We haven't yet persuaded the House Energy and Commerce Committee to convene a hearing on Google's Wi-Spy snooping and its dealings with…
Jul 21, 2010The House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Information Policy has reversed itself and invited John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog to testify at Thursday’s…
Jul 20, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Citing new information about Google’s classified government contracts and the Internet giant’s admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog today…
Jul 19, 2010Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson joins the local news team to discuss the Google Street View scandal.
Jul 16, 2010As Google grows in size, so does its political influence. And, while this may not overly worry most people, there is one…
Jul 15, 2010The U.S. Justice Department is paying close attention to the Internet search industry now dominated by Internet giant, Google, according to Assistant…
Jun 28, 2010John Simpson Questions Google General Counsel Kent Walker at the 2010 Computers Freedom and Privacy conference.
Jun 17, 2010