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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · 1d

You have a right to privacy! 🛑✊ Join us Wednesday, October 29 for our Privacy and Surveillance political education session—in-person and on Zoom: actionnetwork.org/events/techa...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · 15d

New Yorkers deserve internet access that is governed by the people, for the people.

Join us tonight! Tuesday, September 30th 6pm, Bushwick Public Library and on Zoom.
RSVP with the link in Bio

By comparing municipal internet service providers across 27 communities, over 85% of these community owned ISPs charged less than private competitors, using "clear and unchanging pricing" in comparison to private contracts riddled with fees and price hikes. Some of these prices were up to 50% less than the lowest-cost private alternative!
In Ammon, Idaho, (population 20k) every home has fiber optic access with 1 gigabit/second download and upload speeds for $30/month, rules that 9 different ISPs must follow?

For the past 15 years in Finland, Internet has been a basic right- alongside clean water, education, and voting

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED, RELIABLE INTERNET FOR ALL NEW YORKERS!

This can include provisions for net neutrality, where no sites are throttled or given priority access, and stronger data protection rights to counter intrusive digital surveillance practices.
We can also build collective governance through community boards and resident advisory councils, expanding democratic participation and oversight in protecting quality internet access.
NYC already has massive amounts of municipal fiber installed across the city, including hundreds of city agencies, libraries, 1,800+ schools, hospitals, and more across the 5 boroughs. The city has numerous tools at its disposal to expand this network using the remainder of existing fiber pathways across the city.

New Yorkers deserve internet access that is governed by the people, for the people.
Join the NYC-DSA Tech Action reading group TONIGHT to learn more about the history and bright futures for our internet access that are possible- if we fight for it!

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · 15d

Join us TONIGHT for the fourth meeting of our @socialists.nyc Tech-AI Justice Reading Group 📚🖥️🌹 In this session, we'll discuss our opportunity to supply all of NYC with affordable internet, taking control from corporate ISPs back into the community 🛜✊🏽

Join us at Bushwick Public Library at 6pm!

Private control of internet access is a bad deal for New Yorkers

6 years after NYC sued Verizon for failing to build fiber city-wide in 2014 - leaving out nearly a third of NYC households - the court legally required Verizon to "prioritize the least-connected Community Districts and ensure connectivity for every NYCHA New York City Housing Authority) residential building," as low-income areas were most neglected.'
Spectrum's parent company Charter faced a similar lawsuit after defrauding NYC customers with internet speeds that were up to 80% slower than promised, leading to a payout over $174 million?
NYC also reported that Altice, the fourth-largest cable provider in the US, defaulted its franchise agreement with the city after overcharging customers. Last year Connecticut filed a similar lawsuit against Altice for deceptive billing and advertising practices?
Private interests will always prioritize their own profits, exacting tolls wherever they can while leaving New Yorkers without reliable access to the internet.

BETTER, MORE AFFORDABLE MODELS HAVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE ACROSS THE US AND THE WORLD.

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · 19d

Join us Tuesday, September 30 for the 4th meeting of our Tech/AI Justice Reading Group!📕🤖🌹 actionnetwork.org/events/techa...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · 26d

Need to touch some (literal) grass? Bid summer farewell with us with a sunset picnic in Central Park! Thursday, September 25 at 6:30pm. Bring a blanket and good vibes! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/sunse...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Sep 3

Break things! Create things! 👩‍💻🌹🔨Come bring your creative projects and brainstorming hats, we'll provide the pizza. 🍕
Meet your DSA comrades and fellow socialist hackers. Sept 10, 6-9pm actionnetwork.org/events/tech-...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · May 23

Join us for our third AI Justice Political Education Night: The Impossibility of Health Under AI. 👾🦠💊 Wednesday, May 28, in-person and on Zoom! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ai-ju...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 26

The NYPD is watching you! 👀 Join us @stopspyingny.bsky.social ny for a Teach-In that will explore how consolidated surveillance data and automated analyses increase civil rights violations and exacerbate discriminatory and biased policing. actionnetwork.org/events/ai-ju...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 23

All out for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor! 📣 🤝

Join us May 3 at 12pm with State Senator Kristen Gonzalez + @nbkdsa.bsky.social to knock some doors for Zohran! Let’s talk to our neighbors about building a more affordable New York!

volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 14

Come to our 4/16 teach-in to learn more about the hidden costs of AI, and how you can get involved! 🤖⚡️ www.instagram.com/p/DIbwcSouS5...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 11

ChatGPT isn't free. ❌👎 Learn more about the hidden costs of AI on April 16: actionnetwork.org/events/tech-...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 7

AI is destroying our environment! 😵👾 RSVP to learn more about the hidden cost of AI, April 17: actionnetwork.org/events/tech-...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join NYC-DSA Tech Action for our Political Education Series! Exposing the hidden costs of AI, surveillance systems, and algorithmic bias in hiring. Three sessions starting April 16th at 7PM. In-person or Zoom. Check the link for the syllabus and to RSVP! shorturl.at/DVWZz

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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · Jan 31

Democratic Party leadership that refuses to fight and folds in advance? You hate to see it. Tell congressional Democrats: Refuse. Shut it down. Fight Back.

Click here to email @schumer.senate.gov and your reps now: socialists.nyc/fight-trump/...

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Nov 13

Trump’s incoming EPA Administrator is talking about AI because he knows that the desperate search for profit in AI by tech capitalists is an environmental disaster. In NY State, we are fighting back with Senator Kristen Gonzalez. Join our letter campaign here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Hochul to sign the LOADinG Act

As AI technologies are increasingly being adopted by New York state agencies for everything from issuing driver's licenses to awarding public benefits, along with AI's record of mistakes and perpetuat...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Nov 15

Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all?

I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...

Why did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Nov 13

Join DSA, the AFL-CIO, and other elected officials in supporting the The LOADinG Act here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Hochul to sign the LOADinG Act

As AI technologies are increasingly being adopted by New York state agencies for everything from issuing driver's licenses to awarding public benefits, along with AI's record of mistakes and perpetuat...

actionnetwork.org

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Nov 13

New York must lead the way in protecting working class New Yorkers from dubious AI systems. The LOADinG Act will prevent state workers from being displaced by shoddy AI products and prevent AI systems from depriving citizens of State benefits.

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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social · Nov 13

Trump’s incoming EPA Administrator is talking about AI because he knows that the desperate search for profit in AI by tech capitalists is an environmental disaster. In NY State, we are fighting back with Senator Kristen Gonzalez. Join our letter campaign here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Hochul to sign the LOADinG Act

As AI technologies are increasingly being adopted by New York state agencies for everything from issuing driver's licenses to awarding public benefits, along with AI's record of mistakes and perpetuat...

actionnetwork.org

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