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ICE Reportedly Dumping Protester Photos Into Palantir Database
Original: # ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a # Palantir Database https://www. wired.com/story/ice-has-been-d umping-pr
A Wired report says US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been adding photographs of protesters to a database built by the data analytics firm Palantir. The story is drawing attention from privacy, immigration and activist communities, who see it as evidence of surveillance of people exercising their right to protest, raising questions about how the images were collected and used.
Why now: Concerns over government surveillance of protesters and data sharing with Palantir are resonating with privacy and activism audiences.
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- # ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a # Palantir Database https://www. wired.com/story/ice-has-been-d umping-protester-photos-into-a-palantir-database/ # privacy # politics # immigration # protesting # activism · thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org · 6
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