Mastodawn

Jim Parsons Apr 7, 2023

1) had privilege of being a founding organizer of #BlockSidewalk citizen movement to stop #Google from developing their #Toronto smartcity project. When they withdrew: army of #privacy lawyers they assembled *all* migrated to auto industry (and yup it’s ugly)

2) only peeps wanting more robust #privacy law are citizens (all nations). Existing Corps, Govs, Agencies, Pols, Parties, Strategists now irreversibly addicted to #surveillance #data

Watch this space.
Watch #SCOTUS (Thomas)

doctorow Dec 2, 2019

RT @[email protected]

Valuable additional context on Alphabet/Google shenanigans from @[email protected] 👉 “Talking with the Left Field podcast about Sidewalk Labs's plan to build a surveilling ‘smart city’ in #Toronto”
https://boingboing.net/2019/12/01/reedy-creek-2-pt-oh.html
#BlockSidewalk

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JPWP/status/1201328139609235456

Talking with the Left Field podcast about Sidewalk Labs's plan to build a surveilling "smart city" in Toronto

We’ve been closely following the plan by Google sister company Sidewalk Labs to build a surveilling “smart city” in Toronto; last week, I sat down with the Out of Left Field podca…

Boing Boing

Jonny Nov 27, 2019

It looks like some patriots in Toronto have been hard at work already, trying to keep Google away from the Toronto waterfront and I whole heartedly support their effort.

Say “NO!” to mass corporate surveillance

#BlockSidewalk
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-opponents-of-sidewalk-labs-get-advice-from-german-tech-protesters/ via @wallabagapp

Opponents of Sidewalk Labs get advice from German tech protesters

#BlockSidewalk intend to keep pushing back on the company’s plan to build a technology-centric community on the shore of Lake Ontario

Jonny P Nov 27, 2019

It looks like some patriots in Toronto have been hard at work already, trying to keep Google away from the Toronto waterfront and I whole heartedly support their effort.

Say “NO!” to mass corporate surveillance

#BlockSidewalk
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-opponents-of-sidewalk-labs-get-advice-from-german-tech-protesters/ via @wallabagapp

Opponents of Sidewalk Labs get advice from German tech protesters

#BlockSidewalk intend to keep pushing back on the company’s plan to build a technology-centric community on the shore of Lake Ontario

FUCK OFF GOOGLE, AMAZON &Co !!Nov 25, 2019

#Toronto "Opponents of Sidewalk Labs get advice from German tech protesters"

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-opponents-of-sidewalk-labs-get-advice-from-german-tech-protesters/

"In the past few months, they’ve found some formidable allies – the activists who helped stop Sidewalk’s sister company Google from opening a startup campus in Berlin a year ago. “They really raised expectations and pushed us to understand what’s at stake," said Ms. Fueser, who’s led communications between the two cities."

#FuckOffGoogle #BlockSideWalk #FuckOffSideWalk

Opponents of Sidewalk Labs get advice from German tech protesters

#BlockSidewalk intend to keep pushing back on the company’s plan to build a technology-centric community on the shore of Lake Ontario

#BlockSidewalk Nov 3, 2019

"But the 437-page book documents how much private control of city services and city life Google parent company Alphabet Inc.’s leadership envisioned when it created the company, which could soon be entitled to some of the most valuable underdeveloped real estate in North America, estimated by one firm to be worth more than half-a-billion dollars."
#BlockSidewalk

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-sidewalk-labs-document-reveals-companys-early-plans-for-data/

Sidewalk Labs document reveals company’s early vision for data collection, tax powers, criminal justice

Known internally as the ‘yellow book,’ 437-page report from 2016 describes life in a Sidewalk neighbourhood such as Toronto’s proposed Quayside site as an experience based, in part, on how much data people are willing to share

The Globe and Mail

읽을 못해 Nov 1, 2019

If you're in #Toronto and you're freaked out by the approval of #Google 's Waterfront Project Sidewalk Labs, get involved with #BlockSidewalk at www.blocksidewalk.ca for community organisation information.

(And please share any info you have as well!)

https://www.blocksidewalk.ca

BlockSidewalk

BlockSidewalk.ca is a citizen-driven campaign to prevent Sidewalk Labs and Google from taking over our Waterfront. #SayNoTotheWaterfrontDeal

doctorow Oct 31, 2019

RT @[email protected]

#BlockSidewalk member Julie Beddoes, holding a “yellow book,” at this morning’s @[email protected] meeting. A longtime waterfront activist, Beddoes was a member of the West Don Lands Committee and founder of the Gooderham & Worts Neighbourhood Association. Thank you, Julie!
#TOpoli

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lilianradovac/status/1189961343492907009

Lilian Radovac on Twitter

“#BlockSidewalk member Julie Beddoes, holding a “yellow book,” at this morning’s @WaterfrontTO meeting. A longtime waterfront activist, Beddoes was a member of the West Don Lands Committee and founder of the Gooderham & Worts Neighbourhood Association. Thank you, Julie!  #TOpoli”

Twitter

FUCK OFF GOOGLE, AMAZON &Co !!Oct 30, 2019

Open Letter to Waterfront Toronto by 100+ Toronto-area residents re: Sidewalk Toronto

https://medium.com/@waterfronttoopenletter/open-letter-to-waterfront-toronto-by-100-toronto-area-residents-re-sidewalk-toronto-9e447cb00b78

"Torontonians are tired of a process that has largely been conducted behind closed doors and which still leaves key questions about Sidewalk Labs’ [Google's "smart city" sister company] plan unanswered, including how much publicly-owned land is involved in the deal."

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffAlphabet #FuckOffSideWalk #BlockSideWalk #Toronto #SmartCity #SpyCity