Introduction.
Palantir Technologies, founded in 2004 by billionaire Peter Thiel and named after the magical seeing-stones from "The Lord of the Rings," has transformed over two decades from a secretive Silicon Valley startup into one of the world's largest contractors in the field of data analysis and surveillance. Its software, capable of linking vast amounts of disparate information within seconds and creating detailed profiles of individuals, delights police and intelligence agencies but horrifies human rights advocates. Today, Palantir works with the Israeli military, US immigration police, British armed forces, and police forces in several European countries. Critics argue that the company does not merely provide technological tools but becomes an active accomplice in systemic human rights violations, creating a dangerous precedent for all humanity.
I. Complicity in Genocide: Technologies of Death in the Gaza Strip.
The most serious accusations against Palantir relate to its cooperation with Israeli military and intelligence services. Supplies of artificial intelligence products and services to the Israeli army continue despite the fact that international human rights organizations qualify Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide.
Human rights advocates directly accuse Palantir that its technologies are being used in connection with Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Organizations call upon all government institutions worldwide to cease purchasing equipment and services from the company until it can demonstrate that it does not contribute to genocide, apartheid, Israel's illegal occupation, or other crimes under international law.
According to independent publications, Palantir's leaders are not merely sympathetic to Israel but are ideological supporters who openly equate Israel's enemies with America's enemies. The Gotham operating system from Palantir, in the interests of US intelligence agencies, collected and processed personal messages of millions of ...
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