Palantir’s AI Surveillance Powers ICE Deportations and IDF Strikes, Spurs Privacy Protests
Palantir’s AI-driven surveillance platforms power ICE deportations and IDF strikes, collecting personal data to target and detain migrants and dissidents. Invisible Istar tools—“AI kill chains”—undermine civil liberties, enabling warrantless searches and automated actions without transparency. With US AI consumer protections at risk, activists are protesting Palantir offices from Denver to NYC, warning of a future where data dragnets shape behavior and threaten rights. The author, an ex-Palantir designer, urges renewed privacy laws to curb these intrusive systems before they proliferate unchecked.