surveillance city Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei

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

waterfront toronto Public treated to obfuscation at Waterfront Toronto meeting on negotiations with Google sister company over surveillance district Rosemary Frei

means testing Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

quayside Toronto approves Google's surveillance city, despite leaks revealing Orwellian plans Cory Doctorow

sidewalk labs Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs' Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy Cory Doctorow

digital smallpox Indigenous elder on Sidewalk Labs's Toronto consultation: "like being given blankets and gun powder and whisky to trade for our participation" Cory Doctorow

high-tech feudalism Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow

ccla Canadian Civil Liberties Association sues Toronto, Ontario, and Canada over the plan for a Google Sidewalk Labs "smart city" in Toronto Cory Doctorow

quayside Sorting the spin from the facts: how big can the surveilling city that Sidewalk Labs plans for Toronto get? Rosemary Frei

world's tallest freestanding monument to surveillance Google's secretive, data-hungry private city within Toronto will be much larger than previously disclosed Cory Doctorow

Saadia Muzaffar Advisor quits Google Toronto's "smart city" project over privacy concerns Cory Doctorow

taking jane jacobs in vain How Google's Sidewalk Labs has outmaneuvered Toronto in its bid to build a "smart city" Cory Doctorow