RT EuropeanPowell (@EuropeanPowell)Palantir has secured 24 distinct contracts with UK public institutions. However, when including contract extensions, amendments, and follow-on agreements, the total rises to over 34 across sectors like defense, healthcare, and local government. The overall value of these deals is estimated at £910 million (and full £1.5B partnership potential).Palantir’s 24th contract with UK public institutions was procured with Kier Starmer’s backing, this is the most recent contract, an ...

Donald Trump handed ICE a massive windfa in his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, making it America's highest-funded law enforcement agency with $85 billion to spend. And that kind of money buys a lot of tools, including some state-of-the-art technology that is powering the president's mass deportation crackdown. ICE is making use of surveillance tech ranging from biometric trackers to cell phone location, databases, spyware and drones.All while the administration loosens restrictions on how it uses some of these ...

RT Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee)“People will die unless we can spy on you” is emotional blackmail against American citizens. https://t.co/Lu7NBFU67q ...

[applause] I want to start with something you've probably seen recently. Maybe your own home, maybe in someone else's. The elf on the shelf.Now, every December, millions of households place this small figurine somewhere inside their home. The rules are simple. The elf watches the children and each night it reports back to Santa on who has been naughty and who has been nice.But here's what I find striking. The elf never actually does anything. It doesn't explain consequences. It doesn't punish anyone. It doe ...

Communist America will have Chinese drones and robot dogs. And the abundance agenda will become the surveillance agenda.But I believe the free Internet can balance them. After all, the Internet is the one thing with economic scale comparable to China.https://t.co/aVgPhB2bB0Matthew Carroll🧠🔋 (@SocalMatthew80):@balajis China would win then because they have China mainland plus all of Canada and California/New York ...

Core Viewpoint - Palantir Technologies Inc. shares experienced a 3.68% increase amid speculation about its involvement in the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro [1][2]. Group 1: Stock Performance - Palantir's stock closed at $174.04, reflecting a 3.68% rise on Monday and a 3.65% increase overnight [6]. - The stock is noted for its strong Momentum and Growth in Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings, indicating a favorable long-term price trend [6]. Group 2: Company Involvement and Technology - Speculation suggests that Palantir may have played a significant role in the U.S. mission to capture Maduro, with the market reacting positively to this potential involvement [2]. - The company's Gotham platform is designed for defense, intelligence, and law enforcement, enabling real-time data connectivity for informed decision-making [3]. - Palantir's executives have emphasized Gotham's critical role in supporting military efforts in Ukraine and its engagement with Israel, aligning with broader U.S. government objectives in the Middle East [4]. Group 3: Criticism and Controversy - Palantir has faced criticism for its increasing involvement with the Pentagon, with economist Robert Reich labeling it as "the most dangerous corporation in America" due to concerns over surveillance capabilities [5]. - There have been previous concerns regarding the use of Palantir's tools by the Trump administration for gathering personal data from American citizens [5].

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RT Jon Rice (@JonRice)As the first guest on the new podcast 'Not Dead Yet' discussing cypherpunk values, I argue that social media has been a precursor to a CBDC.We have been conditioned to 'allow all' and not question why we carry a surveillance tool in our pockets at all times.This is literally what a CBDC would be - a tool for total surveillance - and we, as a society, have become so used to the idea that we are the product, we trade our data and privacy for convenience, that a CBDC is no longer a stretc ...

Privacy & Technology - Technology is only recently articulating the moral dimension of privacy, emphasizing that a human life should not be reduced to an audit trail [1] - Arguments against privacy often stem from a logic of extraction, struggling to envision trust without total visibility or safety without control [1] - Surveillance prevailed due to convenience, quiet imposition, efficient execution, and normalization, not because it was inherently right [2] - A zero-sum mindset reveals how deeply surveillance has colonized the imagination, hindering the conception of a world without constant oversight [2] - The current trajectory normalizes total visibility into personal financial life, rewards extraction, and conditions acceptance of control and surveillance as the price of using decentralized systems [3] Decentralized Systems & Cypherpunk Renaissance - The cypherpunk renaissance has already begun, signaling a shift towards resisting the normalization of total visibility and control [3] - The industry is interrupting a trajectory that equates safety with control and total visibility [2]

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