Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation

https://www.wired.com/story/google-walkout-organizers-say-theyre-facing-retaliation/

"Google has a culture of retaliation, which too often works to silence women, people of color, and gender minorities. "

So #Google is "cool" uh?

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo

Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation

Two Google employees who helped organize a November walkout of thousands of employees say they've either been demoted, or been told to drop concerns about ethics.

"The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is suing three levels of government over a Google-backed plan to build a smart neighbourhood in #Toronto."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47956760

Intergalactic solidarity from Berlin to Toront to SF, San Jose, Rennes, etc! <3

#SpyCity #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo

Canada group sues over Google smart city

Waterfront Toronto's plan to partner with a Google sister-company has faced fierce opposition.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sidewalk-toronto-google-problems-2019-2

"The backlash is reminiscent of protests over Google's planned campus in Berlin and Amazon's proposed headquarters in New York City — both of which were abandoned before construction had even begun. The fate of these projects could provide a window into Alphabet's future in Toronto." :)

#FuckOffGoogleAndCo #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffAmazon #FuckOffSideWalkLabs

Activists say Alphabet’s planned neighborhood in Toronto shows all the warning signs of Amazon HQ2-style breakup

The fate of projects in New York and Berlin could provide a window into Alphabet's future in Toronto.

Des milliers de Berlinois contre «les loyers de dingue»

https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2019/04/07/des-milliers-de-berlinois-contre-les-loyers-de-dingue_1719896

"Des tee-shirts «Airbnb : fuck off» sont vendus sur des stands, tandis que des militants distribuent des autocollants «Fuck off Google». Manière de rappeler qu’à l’automne dernier, les habitants de Kreuzberg sont parvenus à empêcher l’implantation d’un projet de «campus Google» – un incubateur de start-up, dans leur quartier déjà hautement gentrifié."

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo #AirBnBFuckOff

Des milliers de Berlinois contre «les loyers de dingue»

A Berlin, où les loyers ont doublé en dix ans, des milliers de personnes ont manifesté samedi contre les sociétés immobilières et ceux qui contribuent à la hausse des prix dans la ville comme Airbnb. Des locataires racontent à «Libération» les pressions qu'ils subissent pour quitter leur logement.

Street battle: the activists fighting to save their neighbourhood from the tech giants

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/03/facebook-amazon-google-big-tech-activists-new-york-berlin-toronto-

"Facebook, Google and Amazon have not just colonised the internet: their hubs, campuses and offices are taking over huge sections of cities around the world. But campaigners from New York to Toronto and Berlin are fighting back"

Solidarity from Berlin to SF to Toronto to Rennes to NYC! <3

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo #FuckOffAmazon

For many, XXth century was about attempting to *seize the means of production*.

In the XXIst, shall we attempt to *destroy the means of prediction*?

#SurveillanceCapitalism #FuckOffGoogleAndCo #BecomeUnpredictable

Measuring the "Filter Bubble": How Google is influencing what you click

(by DuckDuckGo)

"Now, after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and other recent elections, there is justified new interest in examining the ways people can be influenced politically online. In that context, we conducted another study to examine the state of Google's filter bubble problem in 2018."

https://spreadprivacy.com/google-filter-bubble-study/

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo

PS: DuckDuckGo is a centralized US service, relying on Amazon

Measuring the Filter Bubble: How Google is influencing what you click

Does Google show you different search results based on your personal info, even when signed out and in so-called "incognito" mode? We ran a study to find out.

Spread Privacy

"Smart City", n: Local administration corrupted by Google to let them deploy mass-surveillance within the fabric of the city and its public services.

https://www.blocksidewalk.ca/

"Sidewalk Labs, sister company to Google, won a bid in late 2017 to be part of the development of the Port Lands, a part of Toronto's waterfront, roughly the size of downtown Toronto. This project is called Sidewalk Toronto. "

#BlockSidewalk #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffAlphabet #FuckOffGoogleAndCo #SurveillanceCapitalism

BlockSidewalk

Keep city building in the public's hands.

Amazon’s Retreat on New York City Headquarters Followed Unexpected Backlash

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html

Amazing! Congratz!! Lots of love and solidarity with our buddies from NYC!!

Kreuzberg, Queens, resistance against these data monsters, life exploiters, goes on!!! where next?

Solidarity with SF, San Jose, Rennes, Montpellier, Toronto, etc.!

#FuckOffAmazon! #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffGoogleAndCo!

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters (Published 2019)

Its plan to build a sprawling complex in Queens in return for nearly for $3 billion in government incentives had come under fierce opposition from local lawmakers.

The New York Times