@peoplestechproject.bsky.social
Arming movements for liberation with the tools to fight the tech that oppresses us. peoplestechproject.org
Sign up to be a Philly AI Watchdog to resist data centers and surveillance AI in our communities: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-o...
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MUST READ: After Amazon Web Services broke, shutting down huge swaths of the internet, we're digging deep into this global exposé of how data centers destroy water, electricity, and community—all under cover of NDAs and shell companies. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
22.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Keep the pressure on by becoming an AI watchdog, because nothing good happens in the dark.
Want to keep fighting? Sign up to be an AI Watchdog for all the ways AI impacts us in Philly. actionnetwork.org/forms/join-o...
We know what keeps us safe. We need parks, libraries, schools, and jobs. Not black box AI that makes our lives worse while making billionaires richer.
The stakes are high. The people have a vision. The mayor has to hear us. Councilmembers are on alert; we have to make sure they keep pushing back.
AI is accelerating every day into every aspect of our lives. City Council has the power to ban the most harmful uses of AI in city systems, prohibit the expansion of toxic data centers, and ensure high-stakes decisions that impact YOU aren’t left to an algorithm.
20.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0THANK YOU to the experts who taught us that AI isn’t new, and we have the power to keep it accountable:
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social
@techtonicjustice.bsky.social
@reclaimphila.bsky.social
@amistadlaw.bsky.social
@abolitionistlawcenter.org
@18millionrising.bsky.social
@phillydsa.bsky.social
Where bureaucracy failed, the people stepped up. Over 100 people packed PhillyCAM with a clear message: Oversight is way overdue, and WE are the experts.
20.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
THANK YOU to the Councilmembers who pushed the city for answers: @ruephilacouncil.bsky.social, @cmthomasphl.bsky.social and Councilmembers Harrity, Phillips, Squilla and O'Rourke.
20.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The city’s top tech heads had nothing – no clarity about how life-or-death City departments use, or regulate AI in city systems, or how they protect our privacy and stop bias. They couldn’t even say whether the Parker admin will share our data and collaborate with ICE on deportations.
20.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Packed hearing, dodged questions. At the first-ever City Council hearing on Philly gov’s use of AI and surveillance, City Councilmembers asked powerful, basic questions to open up the city’s black box of technology, and were disappointed by the city’s lack of answers.
20.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Alli Finn joined Philly Tech Justice Collective, TechTonic Justice & Philly Thrive to testify in a city council meeting on Philly's use of AI and technology. Alli cautioned legislators: public tech must serve public needs, rather than corporate power and profits.
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Councilmember Landau asks about whether the City is using AI for public safety.
CIO says no, they aren't.
Councilmember Landau says that it's a matter of public record that the City is using Shotspotter and facial recognition.
#PhillyAIHearing
Multiple councilmembers asked about whether the Parker administration would commit to preventing ICE and access to data from public safety tools powered by "AI".
CIO says they would need to get back to the council about that, and confer with the police department. #PhillyAIHearing
Lots of questions about the exact tech and companies that the City is using for tech like license plate readers, or public safety. Melissa Scott, the CIO, doesn't really seem to know much about it. #PhillyAIHearing
15.10.2025 14:56 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Fantastic turnout for Philadelphia City Council hearing on AI, spurred significantly by @peoplestechproject.bsky.social.
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📰 Catch us in the Inquirer, and at City Council's first ever AI hearing on Wednesday.
Read up: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... & RSVP: www.phillytechjustice.org/hearing
Every AI tool is powered by data centers that guzzle our water & electricity.
The Delaware River provides drinking water for 14M ppl including Philly, and that fresh water is at risk.
Tell Council we can’t waste water cooling computers - people need it! phillytechjustice.org/hearing
Tech should work for the people, not to surveil or harm us.
We have a chance to fight for just that at our hearing in ONE WEEK.
What do YOU want to see in Philly instead of AI and surveillance tech?
👇Tell us in the replies & RSVP: phillytechjustice.org/hearing
AI is everywhere in Philly. But where does that data go? Who has access? Who decides how it’s used? How else could we spend that $?
We have a critical window to demand transparency, accountability, & community control over how tech is used in our city.
Join us: phillytechjustice.org/hearing
Billionaires market tech as innovation & disruption but the truth is AI—& the data centers that power it—are replicating old systems of harm and exploitation.
Show up on 10/15 and demand that people, not billionaire, drive how Philly uses tech: phillytechjustice.org/hearing
We know the “child welfare”/family regulation system is racist. Algorithms & AI are making it worse.
Right now there’s no way to know if or how Philly is using this tech, reproducing racist outcomes & tearing families apart.
Help us get answers at our 10/15 hearing: phillytechjustice.org/hearing
What happens when AI and surveillance tech is used? Bosses monitor workers, landlords exploit tenants and SEPTA polices riders. Philly needs oversight and transparency! 📅 Mark your calendar for October 15 at 10am and turn out to demand accountability at the hearing on AI and surveillance.
23.09.2025 19:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Must read: @us.theguardian.com om covers @justfutureslaw.bsky.social's expansive FOIA data on Palantir’s relationship with ICE. Crucial information as ICE massively expands raids across the country.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI in Philly is a black box: no review, no disclosure, no oversight. Even ICE raids go unanswered. Join our webinar tonight to help bust it open: phillytechjustice.org/webinar
17.09.2025 17:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
AI is everywhere in Philly—7,000+ cameras track our streets, schools & jobs. Where does that data go, and who decides how it’s used? For the first time, City Council is holding a public hearing. Demand transparency. RSVP: phillytechjustice.org/hearing
16.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tech bros may be running the White House and board rooms, but in Philly we bow to no one. For the first time, we’re putting Philly’s use of AI and surveillance on the public record. Join us at PhillyCAM on September 22: www.phillytechjustice.org/hearing
10.09.2025 21:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From schools to SEPTA, AI is shaping Philly. Surveillance + algorithms track our kids, our jobs, our lives—while billionaires profit.
Wed 9/17 @ 5pm ET: join us to dig into AI in Philly + how we fight back for accountability.
Register here 👉 PhillyTechJustice.org/webinar
While thousands of our neighbors are on strike for fair wages with AFSCME District #33, check out what we found in last year's budget: we know exactly what surveillance tech we could cut to fund the everyday services and workers Philly REALLY needs.
To learn more visit www.phillytechjustice.org
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Big tech is turbocharging surveillance, deportation, and arrests in Philly and beyond — and taxpayers are paying for it. Tell Philly City Council: We deserve to know how AI and surveillance are used in our city. Hold a hearing and make tech transparent. phillytechjustice.org
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