Sidewalk Labs document reveals company’s early vision for data collection, tax powers, criminal justice
Publication Title
The Globe and MailPublication/Creation Date
October 30 2019Creators/Contributors
Tom Cardoso (creator)Josh O'Kane (creator)
Sidewalk Labs (contributor)
Google Inc. (contributor)
Shoshana Zuboff (contributor)
Media Type
Newspaper ArticlePersuasive Intent
InformationDescription
A confidential Sidewalk Labs document from 2016 lays out the founding vision of the Google-affiliated development company, which included having the power to levy its own property taxes, track and predict people’s movements and control some public services.
The document, which The Globe and Mail has seen, also describes how people living in a Sidewalk community would interact with and have access to the space around them – an experience based, in part, on how much data they’re willing to share, and which could ultimately be used to reward people for “good behaviour.”
HCI Platform
AmbientDiscursive Type
Responses To InventionsLocation on Body
Not On The BodyTechnology Keywords
Smart Cities, Social Credit System, Data Collection , Location Tracking, Sensors, Ambient InteractionKeywords
Futurism, Surveillance, Privacy, Ethics, Social Conditioning, Urban, Community, Crime, GovernmentSource
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