#activists

#Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data After #TheIntercept exposed Palantir’s deal with #NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract. by Sam Biddle, March 24 2026 "A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end, according to recent testimony before the city council. "The Intercept reported in February that the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which operates a network of public health care facilities across the city, had paid Palantir almost $4 million since 2023 for data analysis services. #NYCHH says it used Palantir’s software to boost its efficiency in billing Medicaid and other public benefits, which included the automated scanning of patient health notes. "The contract prompted #protests from #activists and local organizers who objected to the hospital system’s use of software from a company whose technology has facilitated lethal airstrike targeting, wide-reaching surveillance of American citizens, and deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents." Read more: https://theintercept.com/2026/03/24/palantir-new-york-city-hospitals-contract/ Archived version: https://archive.ph/CRzWy #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ICEOut

Just did a quick history and writeup of the history of #Switzerland's co-operation with the US, including the recent incidents with #Protonmail, compromising the #data of #activists who thought they were paying for privacy and #cybersecurity. Everyone says the Swiss have a great privacy protection, but I've always disagreed, it is a paper tiger of privacy that rubber stamps US requests. https://areebyasir.com/protonmails-history-of-swiss-and-us-government-compliance/