404 Media: ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’

“As a whole, extending Palantir’s services with intentionally vague corporate-speak phrasing coupled with ICE’s recent public escalation of violating people’s rights via harassment, deportation without a basis, and terrorizing immigrants paints a clear picture: Palantir’s engagement with ICE is facilitating and enabling abuses and violation of rights—rights like due process which, I want to note, extend to all in the US, regardless of citizenship status,” Calli Schroeder, senior counsel and global privacy counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), told 404 Media in an email after reviewing screenshots of the records. 

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“The terms used in these documents do nothing to further transparency as they raise more questions than answers. Palantir’s technology and ICE’s use of it further oppressive and unjust surveillance practices and we have to demand better accountability and transparency from both,” Schroeder said. 

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