Consumer Watchdog
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Founders | Harvey Rosenfield |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Presidents | Jamie Court |
| Purpose | taxpayer and; consumer advocacy |
| Locations | Santa Monica |
| California | |
| U. S. | |
| Type of business | Non-profit organisation |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2456149 |
About Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog is a non-profit, progressive organization which advocates for taxpayer and consumer interests, with a focus on insurance, health care, political reform, privacy and energy.
Alan Joyce: Qantas boss exits early amid mounting scandals
... 3bn) profit, Australia s Consumer Watchdog - the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - said it was taking legal action against the airline over allegations it had sold tickets to thousands of flights it had already cancelled...
ChatGPT owner in probe over risks around false answers
... The Consumer Watchdog has taken a high profile role policing the tech giants under its current chair, Lina Khan...
Can we stop being tricked into subscriptions?
... Hundreds of millions of pounds a year are spent on unused subscriptions, according to the Consumer Watchdog charity the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)...
Activision Blizzard: US seeks to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition
... The Federal Trade Commission, the US Consumer Watchdog that filed the complaint, said that Activision was one of a small number of top video game developers that made high-quality games for multiple devices...
Amazon targets review firms with legal action
... A recent investigation by the Consumer Watchdog Which? found that nine out of 10 of the top-rated headphones on Amazon earlier this year...
Cuddly toy reviews used for headphones on Amazon
... In an investigation, the Consumer Watchdog discovered that nine out of 10 of the top-rated headphones on the site earlier this year had glowing reviews for a range of unrelated products...
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... According to the Consumer Watchdog, five out of 10 of the booking...
My abandoned pub yet TripAdvisor reviews
... The abandoned Bridge Inn in the year 2016, before it was converted into three houses The report is believed to be in response to a number of external parties, including the affected hoteliers and restaurateurs, as well as Consumer Watchdog Which?...
Activision Blizzard: US seeks to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition
The US is entering a legal battle with Xbox-maker Microsoft to block its plan to purchase the gaming firm behind hit titles such as Call of Duty.
Regulators cited competition concerns, saying they feared that if The Deal went through, Activision Blizzard 's games would stop being offered on non-Microsoft gaming consoles.
The Activision purchase was set to be the biggest in Microsoft history.
The Company said it would fight to complete the $69bn (£56bn) Deal .
Microsoft president Brad Smith said The Company had " complete confidence in our case and welcome the opportunity to present our case in court".
The complaint against Microsoft is among The Most -high profile legal fights to emerge from US President Joe Biden 's pledge to take a harder line against monopolies.
The planned Deal had already raised concerns in other countries, including the UK.
Activision Blizzard owns some of The Most popular games in The World , including The Call of Duty series, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Candy Crush.
The Federal Trade Commission, the US Consumer Watchdog that filed the complaint, said that Activision was one of a small number of top video game developers that made high-quality games for multiple devices.
The Deal would give Microsoft " both the means and motive to harm competition" by manipulating pricing, making games worse on its competitors' video game consoles, " or withholding content from competitors entirely, resulting in harm to consumers, " The Agency said in a press release.
The FTC pointed to Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax, which owns video game studio Bethesda Softworks . Microsoft has said several of the studio's Future Games will be exclusive to Microsoft consoles.
Microsoft earlier This Week said it had agreed to make Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 Years if The Purchase went through.
" This sounds alarming, so I want to reinforce my confidence that this Deal Will Close , " Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick wrote in a letter to staff that was shared on The Company 's website. " The allegation that this Deal is anti-competitive doesn't align with the facts, and we believe we'll win this challenge. "
When it announced The Deal , Microsoft said it was aiming to expand The Games available on GamePass, its Netflix-style subscription gaming service and for the increasing number of people using phones to play games.
The takeover was set to make The Company the third largest gaming firm in The World by revenue, behind China's Tencent and Japan's Sony, which owns Playstation and has criticised The Deal .
Source of news: bbc.com
