A proposed home-sharing ordinance in Los Angeles would violate the privacy of individuals who use platforms such as Airbnb and put the…
Jun 15, 2016This morning, an appellate court issued a long-awaited decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, which classified broadband access as…
Jun 15, 2016Groups continue to weigh in in wake of decision Both sides of the debate over the FCC's network neutrality rules continued to…
Jun 14, 2016Like 48 other states, California has an online database that records all the prescriptions issued for potentially habit-forming or abuseable drugs, such…
Jun 14, 2016Los Angeles-area gasoline prices rose over the last week and could tick even higher as a result of unplanned refinery outages and…
Jun 11, 2016Say opt-in, not just notification, needed for sharing customer data; AT&T calls complaint 'bogus' Public Knowledge, the Center for Digital Democracy and…
Jun 9, 2016A group of consumer watchdogs has filed a complaint with the FCC, alleging that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), AT&T (NYSE: T) and Cablevision…
Jun 9, 2016Representatives of Consumer Watchdog have talked with top counselors to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to warn that the FCC's set-top proposal does…
Jun 7, 2016Missouri was the first state to take regulatory action against the merger of insurance giants Aetna and Humana, but consumer advocates are…
Jun 7, 2016As the Federal Communications Commission considers restricting what broadband providers can do with our personal surfing data, the agency is weighing whether…
Jun 7, 2016I think most of us can agree that the internet poses some unique and wide-scale risks to our privacy. Our every move…
Jun 4, 2016On Valentine’s Day in Silicon Valley, one of Google’s experimental, self-driving cars sideswiped a city bus at 2 miles an hour. The…
Jun 2, 2016Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Damning documents chronicling the alleged misdeeds of regulators responsible for…
May 30, 2016LANSING, Mich. -- The U.S. auto industry's home state of Michigan is preparing for the advent of self-driving cars by pushing legislation…
May 29, 2016The Santa Monica consumer group that prompted an investigation into contacts by the top aide for Gov. Jerry Brown with regulated utilities…
May 27, 2016Advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog put forth a request to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on May 18. The…
May 26, 2016Sweeping legislation was introduced Wednesday in the state Senate that aims to make Michigan the nation’s leader in autonomous vehicle testing by…
May 25, 2016The Santa Monica consumer group that prompted an investigation into Gov. Jerry Brown’s top aide’s contacts with regulated utilities earlier this year…
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