One of the lesser-known casualties of Covid-19 has been a large-scale urban development in Toronto, led by Google sibling company Sidewalk Labs.
Several years in the making, the Google City - as it was sometimes dubbed in the media - ultimately came to a halt because of the ongoing recession, but was stymied for its entire lifespan by its public perception as what some activists labelled an "800-acre surveillance state".
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