In 2018, before Canadians successfully fought off plans from Google’s sister company Sidewalk Labs to develop Toronto’s waterfront “from the internet up,” a small group of activists halfway across the world also squared off with the tech giant over its development plans. Reporter Josh O’Kane tells the story from Berlin in his new book, Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy:
Read the full excerpt today on CityLab: When a Berlin Neighborhood Went to War With Google
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