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Trump taps Palantir to possibly stitch together federal databases—think bank records, disability claims, student debt, immigration files…

Critics warn: this isn’t just data sharing. It’s a blueprint for mass surveillance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html #press

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.

The New York Times

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Nomdeb 6d ago

@cbarbermd Palantir is NOT the sort of company with which any government entity should do notable business. Full stop. Very expensive for the SMALL secret sauce that there really is in the end. Not user friendly. Proprietary systems. Customized individually so it becomes a systems management nightmare. And the cheek to try to claim that data you put in their system then belongs to them. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. #USPol #Privacy

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Luca 🍉 🕊️ 🇿🇦6d ago

@cbarbermd
In the meantime in the UK, a #LabourGovernment persists entrusting #Palantir with the National Health Service's #PatientData

https://www.palantir.com/uk/healthcare/

Luckily, some still oppose this ...

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/nhs_hospitals_palantir/

#DataSafety #OurData #NHS #WesStreeting #Starmer #PLP