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Palantir, Power, and the Rhetoric of Fear

Lately, Palantir has been in the spotlight, but not for reasons that reflect well on the company. It did not earn its notoriety through ethical innovation or corporate responsibility. Instead, it has become synonymous with mass surveillance, ethically dubious software, and a leadership that seems to embrace controversy. CEO Alex

The Invisible Panopticon: Why Privacy is No Longer the Default

The world has taken a sudden, dark turn over the past several years. Governments are pushing for mandatory digital ID systems and demanding backdoors into encryption. The very institutions meant to serve the public are now openly partnering with billionaires and their corporations to build the largest surveillance dragnets the