⚖️ #law - In the past month, ELSC has continued to document and challenge the machinery of repression and complicity across #europe — from launching Britain’s Index of Repression to defending #activists in courts, challenging bans on protest and Palestinian symbols, and holding corporations accountable, includ. issuing a compliance notice over #gaza -linked arms shipments to Haifa
#ELSC shares evidence, analysis, and strategy - check out #case updates and #UK Index 👇🏽
Mother Jones: This Programmer Wants to Use Your Phone to Fight ICE. “The first thing you notice when you enter Sherman Austin’s Long Beach, California, apartment is the sounds. His cellphone buzzes constantly, mostly notifications requiring his attention from StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system he developed to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby. Then […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/28/mother-jones-this-programmer-wants-to-use-your-phone-to-fight-ice/WOOOOONDERFUUUUULLLL §8-)
#Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data
After #TheIntercept exposed Palantir’s deal with #NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract.
by Sam Biddle, March 24 2026
"A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end, according to recent testimony before the city council.
"The Intercept reported in February that the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which operates a network of public health care facilities across the city, had paid Palantir almost $4 million since 2023 for data analysis services. #NYCHH says it used Palantir’s software to boost its efficiency in billing Medicaid and other public benefits, which included the automated scanning of patient health notes.
"The contract prompted #protests from #activists and local organizers who objected to the hospital system’s use of software from a company whose technology has facilitated lethal airstrike targeting, wide-reaching surveillance of American citizens, and deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/24/palantir-new-york-city-hospitals-contract/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/CRzWy
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