• artificialset [she/her, fae/faer]
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    2 years ago

    Palantir was originally funded by the CIA and has been heavily criticised for producing surveillance tech for police forces that allegedly creates “racist feedback loops” and has helped the US government to track and deport undocumented migrants.

    Palantir is considered a “strong frontrunner” for a controversial new IT contract worth £480m to build a database that is expected to include all health information currently held by the NHS, including GP and social care records.

    Everything about this is just awful and it seems like there's no where near the pushback it should be receiving

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I remember being younger and opening up the news and seeing the same picture over and over again of Corbyn standing in front of some red background holding a large document

      I didn't understand any of it at the time. Just that the liberals were accusing him of being a Russian agent or falling for Russian disinformation

  • Abraxiel
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    2 years ago

    Thiel wants to know where all the good blood bags are.

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    The instruction came despite a government pledge, made after openDemocracy sued the Department of Health and Social Care in 2021, to consult the public before agreeing to work with Palantir again.

    Haha classic