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Occupy Google, Defend Net Neutrality!

June 25, 2014 Occupy Google, www.occupygoogle.org , , ,
A U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in January gave Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T the power to slow down or block Internet traffic. ISPs can now discriminate between data on any grounds, charging different rates based on content, or censoring webpages altogether, effectively ending free speech on the Internet. ISPs have something that companies like Facebook and Google don't - direct control over your physical connection to the Internet. Now that there are no legal restraints to stop them, ISPs are free to monitor everything you do and say online, and sell your information to the highest bidder. In 2012, Google created a petition as part of a campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act that collected over 7 million signatures. The massive online resistance in opposition to these two monstrous bills stopped them from becoming a reality. Today, the internet is once again under attack, this time by ISP’s who wish to capitalize on content providers and eliminate net neutrality. Though Google and other major companies such as Netflix, Amazon and Microsoft have come out in support of preserving a free and open web, we believe much more can be done.

Google Bus Anger Grows As Lawsuit Alleges Tech Companies Are Violating State Law

May 12, 2014 Joseph Mayton, www.occupy.com , ,
Google buses are eluding state-mandated environmental analysis and are in violation of state law every time they stop to pick up tech employees at a public bus stop, according to a lawsuit filed last Thursday by a coalition of labor, housing and activist groups. The groups are accusing the City of San Francisco of bypassing laws that forbid non-public transportation vehicles from using the stops in what has become a heated battle over gentrification – and the special privileges granted to technology companies – in the Bay Area. The lawsuit, led largely by the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, was filed against Google, Apple, Genentech and other large Silicon Valley companies. It also lays blame on Mayor Ed Lee, the Board of Supervisors and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI), which are named as defendants. San Francisco’s Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for the City Attorney’s Office, said late last week that he had not seen the complaint and therefore could not comment on the lawsuit.

Which Is The Greater Threat To Privacy Google Or Facebook?

March 31, 2014 Sam Biddle, www.valleywag.gawker.com , ,
You wake up from a Google alarm on your Google phone. The air is Google-cool from your Google thermostat. Your Google car drives you to work at a company that uses Google software. You smile at your sandwich (not made by Google) and take a picture of it, because you're wearing a camera on your face. You look at the sandwich face-photos of your peers, your viewing history logged by Google. An artificial intelligence in your phone queues up a sandwich collage for later. It knows you'll like it. You go home to your wife, which is a giant cargo-hauling military robot, because that's just the fucking way it is now, OKAY? Facebook's desire to produce virtual reality doesn't seem so bad when Google wants to own reality itself.

Guerrilla Protest At Google Buses Swells Into Revolt

January 26, 2014 Andrew Gumbel, www.theguardian.com ,
Still, the protests have the attention of the city authorities. The public transport agency, which had previously allowed the Silicon Valley firms to operate their buses free of charge, agreed last week to introduce a tariff for use of city streets and city bus stops. It was, however, a notably modest tariff: just $1 per bus per bus stop. City officials said their hands were tied by rules preventing them from levying a more significant fee without a public vote endorsing a move. But that did not begin to satisfy the protesters, who heckled as two tech workers addressed a heavily attended public meeting and said they were looking for a much more comprehensive response. "One dollar per bus stop is not in any way a remedy and does not mitigate the damage," McElroy said.
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