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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

First reported by Wired at · Updated · 3 sources

Newly unsealed court filings allege DHS agents tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, according to Wired. Gizmodo reports that a lawsuit alleges agents drove past observers’ and protesters’ homes and added their names to a Homeland Security investigations system. An attorney representing protesters said this infringes on First Amendment rights, according to Engadget.

  • Wired reports that information about observers was stored in a Palantir-built database.

Reporting3

Wired ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database · Maddy Varner, Dhruv Mehrotra
Gizmodo ICE Is Reportedly Putting ICE Observers, Protesters in a Palantir Database · Tom McKay
Engadget ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors · staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen)

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