Police in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg are to be allowed to use the analysis software from US firm Palantir, which is controversial among data protection advocates
The software was specifically developed for security agencies and is used by intelligence services, the military and police.
Palantir was founded in 2003 in the United States, notably by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. He is known for his libertarian and conservative positions, his closeness to US President Donald Trump and his criticism of liberal democracies.
Great to see all of the global neoliberal political class abandon any semblance of morality or virtue and embrace the most criminally corrupt evangelical fascists America has to offer, and their fascist tools of mass surveillance and oppression, exactly like they did right up to WW2, and ever since.
Remember, IBM catalogued the jews for the nazis, because profits are more important than morals or ethics…