ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI
The contract comes after months of scrutiny of Clearview’s privacy practices
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry). The purchase order for $224,000 describes “clearview licenses” and lists “ICE mission support dallas” as the contracting office.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368930/clearview-ai-ice-contract-privacy-immigration
#USA #ClearViewAI #ICE #surveillance #privacy
The contract comes after months of scrutiny of Clearview’s privacy practices
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry). The purchase order for $224,000 describes “clearview licenses” and lists “ICE mission support dallas” as the contracting office.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368930/clearview-ai-ice-contract-privacy-immigration
#USA #ClearViewAI #ICE #surveillance #privacy
Palantir filed to go public. The firm's unethical technology should horrify us
Palantir powers Ice immigration raids, the defense sector and police surveillance. It is the big tobacco of the tech world
In 2017, the Trump administration first set its sights on a target it would return to repeatedly in the coming years: immigrant children.
Thousands of kids were crossing the border alone, often seeking to reunify with families living in the United States. The journey is harrowing for children, but the alternative is life in a separated family – an easy choice for most parents, who often pay to bring their kids across.
But this presented officials with a question: how to implement the president’s anti-immigration campaign promises against child migrants?
The answer was simple: go to the source by prosecuting and imprisoning their parents. Criminally charge the parents as smugglers, separate them from their families, and others would be dissuaded from bringing their children across, officials hoped.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/04/palantir-ipo-ice-immigration-trump-administration
#US #Palantir #ICE #surveillance
Palantir powers Ice immigration raids, the defense sector and police surveillance. It is the big tobacco of the tech world
In 2017, the Trump administration first set its sights on a target it would return to repeatedly in the coming years: immigrant children.
Thousands of kids were crossing the border alone, often seeking to reunify with families living in the United States. The journey is harrowing for children, but the alternative is life in a separated family – an easy choice for most parents, who often pay to bring their kids across.
But this presented officials with a question: how to implement the president’s anti-immigration campaign promises against child migrants?
The answer was simple: go to the source by prosecuting and imprisoning their parents. Criminally charge the parents as smugglers, separate them from their families, and others would be dissuaded from bringing their children across, officials hoped.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/04/palantir-ipo-ice-immigration-trump-administration
#US #Palantir #ICE #surveillance
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Palantir filed to go public. The firm's unethical technology should horrify us | Marisa Franco
Palantir powers Ice immigration raids, the defense sector and police surveillance. It is the big tobacco of the tech world