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Palantir's Algorithms Redefine War Accountability

Palantir's Algorithms Redefine War Accountability

IDF's 20-Second Targeting Cycle M Mofizul Islam, writing in the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, along with Al-Shabaka, Public Humanities, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Amnesty.org, and IILJ.org, document that this acceleration compresses decision cycles to approximately 20 seconds

Palantir's UK Contracts Consolidate Power, Obscure Accountability

Palantir's UK Contracts Consolidate Power, Obscure Accountability

Ministry of Defence's £240.6 Million Palantir Deal In December 2025, the Ministry of Defence awarded Palantir a £240.6 million three-year Enterprise Agreement without competitive procurement, using a defense and security exemption. The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) contract, valued at £330 million, demonstrates the opacity of

Palantir's AI Forecasts 2026 Midterms Early

Palantir's AI Forecasts 2026 Midterms Early

Palantir's Foundry Fused DHS, IRS, SSA Data Bittnet reported that evidence suggests Palantir's AI predicted the 2026 US midterm election results before polls closed. This was achieved by employing continuous probabilistic modeling that dynamically fused verified early vote counts with real-time social, economic, and psychographic variables.

Palantir's UK Grip Erodes Sovereign Defense

Palantir's UK Grip Erodes Sovereign Defense

MoD Engineers Warn of Palantir 'National Security Threat' Anonymous senior Ministry of Defence systems engineers warned in February 2026 that Palantir poses a "national security threat" by exploiting metadata to build its own "rich picture" and infer top-secret information, The Nerve disclosed. Palantir announced

Palantir's Code Shifts Accountability to Corporate Control

Palantir's Code Shifts Accountability to Corporate Control

Palantir's Gotham Evades Audit via Trade Secrets "Because Gotham is proprietary, the public, and even elected officials, cannot see how its algorithms weigh certain data points or why they show certain connections," The Conversation states. emildai reports that California agencies have spent over $50 million with

Palantir's Secrecy Locks In Government Surveillance

Palantir's Secrecy Locks In Government Surveillance

Food Marketing Institute Lowers FOIA Threshold The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media lowered the threshold for "confidential" commercial information under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption 4. Critics argue this undermines FOIA's presumption of openness and

Palantir's Code Erodes Public Accountability

Palantir's Code Erodes Public Accountability

Palantir's $10 Billion Gatekeeper Role Wired and FedScoop documented that Palantir embeds "forward-deployed engineers" directly within agencies, fostering deep institutional reliance on its technology and elevating the company to a "gatekeeper" role. Between January 2025 and May 2026, Palantir secured a $10 billion, 10-year