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Latest Facebook privacy intrusion touches Google
In the latest revelation in a seemingly never ending stream of privacy breaches by online companies, we now know that Facebook and MySpace have been sending consumers' personal information to advertisers despite promises that they don't share such data without consent.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Launches Inside Google Website To Focus Light on Internet Giant
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Consumer Watchdog today formally launched its new Website, Inside Google, to focus attention on the company’s activities and hold Google accountable for its actions. The sites’ URL is http://insidegoogle.com.
Continue reading...White House Reprimands Deputy CTO for Emails with Former Colleagues at Google
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson said in a release: "McLaughlin received a mild slap on the wrist." Simpson has called for McLaughlin's resignation saying a technology expert, not a policy expert, should be in the position.
Continue reading...Few Hardballs from Shareholders at Google’s Annual Meeting
Friday, May 14, 2010
Perhaps the toughest shareholder question came from consumer advocate John Simpson, who asked Schmidt whether Google had agreed to a reported $700 million "kill fee" if Google's $750 million acquisition of the mobile advertising company AdMob is rejected by government antitrust regulators. Schmidt neither confirmed or denied that number, but predicted the deal would be approved by the Federal Trade Commission, which is expected to rule in coming days.
Continue reading...News Clipping
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog
Friday, April 16, 2010
Google is committed to openness — for everybody else
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Google continues to demonstrate that when comes to a commitment to openness and transparency the Internet giant is really talking about holding others to that standard, certainly not itself.
Continue reading...Google, like Slick Willie Sutton, goes where the money is
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Google is crowing about a decision from the European Court of Justice Tuesday that says it has the legal right to continue exploiting other people's good names in its quest to pile up more cash.
Continue reading...What is Google hiding?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thousands of pages of documents were unsealed in U.S. Court in New York Thursday in the $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed against YouTube and ...
Continue reading...Google’s arrogant, self-righteous executives
Monday, March 15, 2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt's recent speech to the Abu Dhabi Media Summit offers a revealing glimpse...
Continue reading...Google Identifies Competitors
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Google sees an Internet far more crowded with competitors than just a year ago. At least, that's what the company is telling government regulators. Critics of Google's dominance in search — Americans use Google for about two thirds of U.S. searches, and the company has more than 70 percent of U.S. search advertising revenue, and about 90 percent in Europe — say the expanded list of competitors is an attempt by Google to paper over its dominance. "I think they are feeling the heat from several serious antitrust investigations, and that's reflected in the language they are using in the 10-K," said John Simpson, of Consumer Watchdog. He argued in a recent blog post that Google's statements that it has many competitors actually proves that "the opposite is actually true" and that "the real risk to Google's business is not from competition," but that regulators in the U.S. and Europe "will act in the interest of consumers and force the Internet giant to engage" in competition.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
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