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ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors - Engadget (www.engadget.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politics@lemmy.world/p/2474069/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors-engadget

An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.

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[โ€“] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Of course they are. Who doubted they would?

[โ€“] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Well, if anyone had wanted to change the laws, they had 70 years to do it. COINTELPRO started in 1956 and nobody has put any kind of brakes on surveillance or even torture.