The CIA-funded California software firm Palantir Technologies and the World Food Program (WFP) have announced a five-year $45 million partnership that data privacy and human rights advocates are describing as “breathtaking and terrifying” as well as “horribly irresponsible and potentially incredibly harmful.”
“This data is highly sensitive, and it is essential that proper protections are put in place, to limit the data gathered, transferred, and processed,” noted Privacy International. “The recipients of WFP aid are already in extremely vulnerable situations; they should not be put at additional risk of harm or exploitation.”
Palantir was co-founded by billionaire and Republican donor Peter Thiel–a supporter of President Donald Trump–with seed money from the CIA’s venture capital arm.
— source commondreams.org | Feb 06, 2019