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ICE stores protester photos in Palantir database
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly collecting photographs of protesters and adding them to a database built by the data-analytics firm Palantir. The practice has raised concerns among civil-liberties advocates and lawmakers, who argue that facial-recognition-based surveillance of demonstrators may chill free speech and exceed the agency's legal authority. Critics are calling for congressional oversight and clearer limits on how long the images can be kept and shared.
Why now: Reports of protest surveillance feed into ongoing debates about government overreach and the use of private tech firms in immigration enforcement.
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