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ICE Reported 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 uploading photos of protesters into a database built by Palantir, the data analytics company long contracted by federal immigration agencies. Privacy and civil liberties advocates are circulating the story, raising concerns about surveillance of political activism and how images gathered at protests may be used for enforcement purposes.
Why now: Fresh reporting on government surveillance of protesters touches ongoing debates over immigration enforcement, privacy and civil liberties.
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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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