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#palantir

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In Deutschland wird die umstrittene Palantir-Software momentan in 3 Bundesländern eingesetzt - die Polizeibehörden sind überzeugt, Kritiker warnen, dass demokratische Freiheitsrechte zunehmend unter Druck geraten. NDR-Investigativjournalist Lorenz Jeric hat sich mit der Recherchekooperation von WDR, NDR & Süddeutscher Zeitung angeschaut, wie deutsche Polizeibehörden die umstrittene Palantir-Software einsetzen.

#Palantir #Polizei #Datenschutz #Demokratie

tagesschau.de/multimedia/podca

tagesschau.deUmstrittene Software: Wie nutzt die Polizei Palantir?Umstrittene Software: Wie nutzt die Polizei Palantir?

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide…

🌍 The UN Human Rights Council report investigates how a network of corporate actors (companies, investors and service providers) is deeply involved in sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial policies, resulting in systemic displacement, #apartheid-like conditions, and acts like what the Rapporteur describes as #genocide

🧑🏽‍⚖️ On paper now

🔗 ohchr.org/sites/default/files/

#OHCHR#UN#bigtech

Don't judge the tech bros on how cringeworthy or clumsy they are. Judge them on their intent

Our reactions to things like this are "hey everyone, this is really dumb. Lol"

It feels good to speak on the ugliness and stupidity and get affirmation others also see how fucked up it is

But there is no protection in that, it's a momentary salve, it doesn't make it go away

Begin to think about how we fight what is coming

Stop laughing. Start fighting

“War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions…along with banks and financial firms…, insurers, real estate firms and charities, which in violation of international law are making billions from the occupation and the genocide of Palestinians.”
—Chris Hedges
chrishedges.substack.com/p/pro
#palantir #lockheedmartin #alphabet #amazon #ibm #microsoft #mit #blackrock

The Chris Hedges Report · Profiting From GenocideBy Chris Hedges

Wenn die Polizei die Überwachungssoftware von #Palantir einsetzt, wie geht die KI mit Bias-Daten um - etwa, weil sie auf unbewusstem Racial Profiling beruhen? Die Software könnte in solchen Fällen Diskriminierung vorantreiben, lautet die Einschätzung unserer GFF-Juristin Franziska Görlitz bei Zeit Online.

zeit.de/2025/26/ki-polizei-bay

DIE ZEITKI bei der Polizei: Hier könnte gleich ein Mord geschehenDie bayerische Polizei möchte mithilfe einer Software der US-Firma Palantir Verbrechen verhindern, bevor sie verübt werden. Ist nun jeder verdächtig?

„Draw a circle around all the assets in the US now devoted to AI and a second around the assets devoted to the US military. A third around all assets being devoted to helping the Trump regime collect and compile personal information on millions of Americans. A fourth circle around the parts of Silicon Valley dedicated to turning the US away from a democracy into a dictatorship led by tech bros.

Where do the four circles intersect?

At Thiels #Palantir Technologies. …“

➡️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Peter Thiel and Alex Karp's company #Palantir has increased in value by about 6-fold in the past year. Thiel is a Republican and big donor to #Trump and Karp is progressive and a #Kamala supporter, but their intetests align on making money from war and "killing their enemies" as Karp has said before. This bipartisanship is not unusual. Both Democratic and Republican politicians are invested in the company. The Machine is working as designed and their power to surveil and kill people they disagree with is at an unprecedented level. Read more about the company in this NPR article.

npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-53727

“Palantir is now poised to combine data gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, the administration wants access to citizens’ and others’ bank account numbers and medical claims.”

First the US, then the UK, where the government just loves Palantir...

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to AmericansBy Robert Reich