Overview

• Robert Reich’s Guardian op-ed warns that Palantir’s AI platform aggregates sensitive personal and social media data to profile and surveil individuals.
• A group of Democratic lawmakers has formally demanded detailed disclosures of Palantir’s government contracts and binding data privacy measures.
• Proposed amendments to the FISA reauthorization aim to impose stricter safeguards and limit the company’s cross-agency data access.
• Former Palantir employees and bipartisan legislators have cautioned that combining diverse federal databases creates a de facto digital ID prone to misuse.
• Public protests at Palantir offices in late June reflect escalating civil liberties concerns over the tech firm’s no-bid government contracts.