Reform UK proposes mass deportation surveillance database; Palantir signals support as Labour data law raises concerns
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Rei Takver
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
Reform UK is planning to build a "Deportation Command" surveillance tool that would integrate NHS, police, and financial data to enable mass deportation of undocumented migrants. US tech giant Palantir has signaled willingness to support this agenda, and campaigners warn that Labour's new data law (the Data (Use and Access) Bill) provides the legal framework to enable such surveillance. The article highlights concerns about the convergence of far-right immigration policy, big tech surveillance capabilities, and Labour's legislative changes.
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US surveillance tech giant Palantir, which has aided US President Donald Trump's 'paramilitary-style' immigration crackdown and is deeply intertwined with the British state, has said it would aid the agenda
Campaigners warning that a new data law recently passed by Labour will enable the plans
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