Sat. Oct 29/ 18:00/ #Berlin

How Leaks Helped Knock Down #Google’s Smart City?

Join an open discussion with Josh O'Kane

"How leaks helped journalists tell the real story of the fall of Sidewalk Labs

When #Toronto welcomed Sidewalk Labs [..] that combined culture of message control made it very difficult to figure out what their plans were. Much like what Julian Assange writes in When Google Met WikiLeaks..."

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffAlphabet #FuckOffSideWalkLabs #SmartCity #NoisyLeaks

Sidewalk’s end: How the downfall of a Toronto ‘smart city’ plan began long before COVID-19

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-sidewalks-end-how-the-downfall-of-a-toronto-smart-city-plan-began/

(paywalled, dumped here https://pastebin.com/JYibUfA1 )

When the Quayside project got scuttled earlier this month, it was the final blow in a years-long conflict among urban designers, their Silicon Valley bosses and multiple levels of government. Insiders tell the story of how it all went wrong.

#Google #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffSideWalkLabs #Toronto

Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart-city project

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/technology/article-google-affiliate-sidewalk-labs-abandons-toronto-smart-city-project/

Another victory!!! \o/

#FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffSideWalkLabs #SmartCity #SpyCity #Google #Toronto

The Deceptive Platform Utopianism of Google’s Sidewalk Labs

https://failedarchitecture.com/the-deceptive-platform-utopianism-of-googles-sidewalk-labs/

"The company’s “innovative” plan for Toronto’s waterfront puts radical spatial practice, participatory ideals, and romanticism to work for a regressive marketization scheme."

more: https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Smart_City_by_Google_(Toronto,_Sidewalk_Labs)

#BlockSideWalk #FuckOffGoogle #FuckOffAlphabet #FuckOffSidewalkLabs

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