Culture & Technology Book Club: Sideways by Josh O'Kane

Fri Oct 24 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library | Toronto

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Culture & Technology Book Club: Sideways by Josh O'Kane
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Join us to discuss Josh O’Kane’s “Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy”
About this Event

The Culture and Technology Book club brings readers together once a month to discuss new and classic texts that raise important questions about the way technology transforms our cultural and political lives.


This month we read Josh O’Kane’s “Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy”

Globe and Mail technology reporter Josh O'Kane's Sideways : the city Google couldn't buy covers the events and controversies surrounding Sidewalk Labs' interest in the the purchase of a small parcel of land in Toronto. What followed was a battle between privacy rights and big business interests, resulting in a landmark outcome for Toronto.


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Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada

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