Police in New York City detained six demonstrators after forming human chains outside Palantil Technologies’ Manhattan headquarters on Thursday morning and narrating access to the lobby.
Beyond Benefits Planets, Climate and Privacy Group It’s tidy The demonstration said activists tied weapons to American avenues and protested against data mining companies because they were “moving ice” when arresting the group, the “New Yorker.” I wrote it x. (Related: “Monitor Status”: Palantir’s NYT report rebounds from Maga)
“We’re disrupting Palantir’s business as usual because it doesn’t belong to NYC to produce AI that makes fascism stronger and more efficient,” protester Caroline Chouinard told reporters. Guardian The moment he was arrested along with the other five.
Wheelchair protesters hold signs where Palantir tracks the ice attack at a demonstration at the 9200 Sunset held in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2025. (Photo by Madison Swart/Hans Lucas/AFP: AFP by Getty Images)
Police broke up the lockdown about an hour later, and all six arrests were released on subpoena by noon, the outlet reported.
Neither the New York Police Department (NYPD) nor Palantir responded to requests for comment.
The protest is part of a coast-to-coast campaign against the company discovered by Peter Thiel, whose software consumes most of its personal data, primarily for government clients. Organizer Plan The second meeting was held outside the Palo Alto campus in Palantia.
Similarly, Planet over Profit did not respond to requests for comment.
Opponents say the company’s latest $30 million contract Using ICE was awarded in April to build “immigrants.” This is a dashboard for real-time self-abolition tracking, accelerating and reviving arrests and detention Monitoring program It was first released under the Obama administration.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has embraced the company’s growing defense portfolio and told investors he is “very proud” in the company’s first quarter revenue call. According to To CNBC. (Related: Progressive billionaires take fellow liberals to the “awakening” mission of virtue signatures)
10 Democrats in June I warned The company’s report on the “Megada Tabase” work could violate federal privacy laws by aggregating American records across the agency. Rebuttal X also argues that it will operate such a system and also determine how data is used.
“The letter contains, unfortunately, sadly, countless false accusations, along with countless false accusations about Palantil’s work, based on allegations not previously handled by the New York Times,” reads X-Post.
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