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UK police working with controversial tech giant Palantir on real-time surveillance network (libertyinvestigates.org.uk)
 

The Nectar project offers 'advanced data analysis' using a wide range of sensitive personal information

A controversial US spy tech firm has landed a contract with UK police to develop a surveillance network that will incorporate data about citizens’ political opinions, philosophical beliefs, health records and other sensitive personal information.

Documents obtained by i and Liberty Investigates show Palantir Technologies has partnered with police forces in the East of England to establish a “real-time data-sharing network” that includes the personal details of vulnerable victims, children and witnesses alongside suspects.

Trade union membership, sexual orientation and race are among the other types of personal information being processed.

The project has sparked alarm from campaigners who fear it will trample over Britons’ human rights and “facilitate dystopian predictive policing” and indiscriminate mass surveillance.

Numerous police forces have previously refused to confirm or deny their links with Palantir, citing risks to law enforcement and national security. However, forces in Bedfordshire and Leicestershire have recently confirmed working with the firm.

Liberty Investigates and i have learned that those projects involve processing data from more than a dozen UK police forces and will serve as a pilot for a potential national rollout of the tech giant’s data mining technology — which has reportedly been used by police forces in the US to predict future crimes.

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Couples with opposing political views face higher risk of separation (www.mpg.de)
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Couples with opposing political views face higher risk of separation (www.mpg.de)
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Google’s Advanced Protection Arrives on Android: Should You Use It? (www.eff.org)
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Google’s Advanced Protection Arrives on Android: Should You Use It? (www.eff.org)
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UK police working with controversial tech giant Palantir on real-time surveillance network (libertyinvestigates.org.uk)
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The Nectar project offers 'advanced data analysis' using a wide range of sensitive personal information

A controversial US spy tech firm has landed a contract with UK police to develop a surveillance network that will incorporate data about citizens’ political opinions, philosophical beliefs, health records and other sensitive personal information.

Documents obtained by i and Liberty Investigates show Palantir Technologies has partnered with police forces in the East of England to establish a “real-time data-sharing network” that includes the personal details of vulnerable victims, children and witnesses alongside suspects.

Trade union membership, sexual orientation and race are among the other types of personal information being processed.

The project has sparked alarm from campaigners who fear it will trample over Britons’ human rights and “facilitate dystopian predictive policing” and indiscriminate mass surveillance.

Numerous police forces have previously refused to confirm or deny their links with Palantir, citing risks to law enforcement and national security. However, forces in Bedfordshire and Leicestershire have recently confirmed working with the firm.

Liberty Investigates and i have learned that those projects involve processing data from more than a dozen UK police forces and will serve as a pilot for a potential national rollout of the tech giant’s data mining technology — which has reportedly been used by police forces in the US to predict future crimes.

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Is Internet Content Too Engaging? (www.lawfaremedia.org)
 

By targeting design rather than content, lawmakers hope to regulate social media without constitutional roadblocks. Here’s why that’s a problem.

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Is Internet Content Too Engaging? (www.lawfaremedia.org)
 

By targeting design rather than content, lawmakers hope to regulate social media without constitutional roadblocks. Here’s why that’s a problem.

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A useless add-on Russia’s Wikipedia replacement is touting its integrated AI — but the results are underwhelming (meduza.io)
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A useless add-on Russia’s Wikipedia replacement is touting its integrated AI — but the results are underwhelming (meduza.io)
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The Medford Police Department is Building a Network of Mass Surveillance Through Controversial Collaborations With ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and Law Enforcement Agencies (info4publicuse.org)
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Major components of the surveillance network include the use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology, and monitoring of social media through “sock puppet” accounts. Meanwhile, Jackson County is using a third-party lease to make its publicly owned building available to ICE for its Southern Oregon field office, creating another “backdoor” for local government resources to be utilized by ICE despite Oregon’s status as a “sanctuary state.”

Our latest trove of public records total 313 pages. Below is an overview of the records, which were obtained through public records requests to the city of Medford, the city of Grants Pass, and Jackson County. We provide a downloadable copy of the records at the bottom of this blog post.

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The Medford Police Department is Building a Network of Mass Surveillance Through Controversial Collaborations With ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and Law Enforcement Agencies (info4publicuse.org)
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Major components of the surveillance network include the use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology, and monitoring of social media through “sock puppet” accounts. Meanwhile, Jackson County is using a third-party lease to make its publicly owned building available to ICE for its Southern Oregon field office, creating another “backdoor” for local government resources to be utilized by ICE despite Oregon’s status as a “sanctuary state.”

Our latest trove of public records total 313 pages. Below is an overview of the records, which were obtained through public records requests to the city of Medford, the city of Grants Pass, and Jackson County. We provide a downloadable copy of the records at the bottom of this blog post.

Los Angeles police, National Guard fire thousands of “less lethal” rounds at residents protesting fascist immigration raids in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

For the third consecutive day, large protests erupted across Los Angeles County in response to ongoing federal immigration raids targeting working class communities in the most populous county in the United States. Sunday’s demonstrations were larger than those on the previous two days, reflecting mounting outrage among broader layers of the population.

The scenes emerging from Los Angeles resemble an active war zone. As during the mass protests following the 2020 police murder of George Floyd, police are indiscriminately firing on protesters, journalists and bystanders alike. Video posted online by on-the-ground reporters shows police and California National Guard soldiers firing “less lethal” rounds at close range, significantly increasing the risk of serious injury.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But posting like this, just to air your problems, isn't fit.

Where exactly did I "air" my "problems"

People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

WOW

I can't tell if you are trolling me or not.

I'm done here.

Me too brother, me too.

People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If nothing else, this belongs in Chat, not Technology.

Nope.

Having your feelings hurt by people disagreeing with you suggests little online exposure. But you're frankly talking about an industry you have no knowledge of.

What what you are talking about, bro.

Your comment summary is just you repeating that I know nothing about the industry.

Today the whole beehaw technology community had only 2 new posts posted in the previous 24 hours. If my post bothered you that much, I guess you reflecting on yourself on your comment.

YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

First, deleting a repost is clearly not evidence of any kind of bias.

That is not a repost, this is an other article from ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ai-tool-doge-veterans-affairs-contracts-sahil-lavingia

Second, maybe Ars is just more popular/trusted? Maybe it's more upvoted because the Ars title is more meaningful, it's super well known that people mostly only read the title.

Are you joking with me? They are using a paraphrased title.

I'm not saying reddit isn't manipulating things, I'd be shocked if they weren't. But this isn't really evidence that they are.

I am really curious, what sort of evidence you want/expect to see?

YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

ProPublica used Original custom made cover photo+ they did the whole investigation.

Ars Technica used stock photo and paraphrased some of the info.

Despite that, the undeleted ProPublica post got about 80 Upvotes in 3 hours. The Ars Technica one got about 120 in about 50 mins.

As I said before: The Ars Technica post is expected to hit the front page, while the ProPublica ones are expected to die, despite being the original source of the info.

YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

In case it isn't clear, the Ars Technica post is expected to hit the front page, while the ProPublica ones are expected to die, despite being the original source of the info.

People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In case it isn't clear, the Ars Technica post is expected to hit the front page, while the ProPublica ones are expected to die, despite being the original source of the info.

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