Incredible that they're still contracting an American company (one that is known to be controlled by particularly corrupt oligarchs) instead of building out their own capabilities.
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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It's as if there's a universal truth that crosses borders which we're not privvy to. An upcoming need to prevent the springs of arabia from happening again across the lower classes, regardless of geography.
Maybe the real artificial intelligence were the friends we made along the way..
I have mixed views on this.
On one hand I agree with you, especially when it comes to dealing with Palantir or really any company that can be influenced by the US, but on the other hand there are legitimate uses for such technologies in the sphere of national security and even public security.
I would argue it's the citizens' responsibility to make sure that the usage of such technologies is done in a framework of checks and balances (i.e. in a responsible manner).
I don't believe in rhetoric about "the state infinitely expands surveillance capabilities". The state is a reflection of the voters and there is no laws of physics or chemistry that guarantees such expansion via Brownian motion or what have you. If you do have institutions going overboard (be it the state or corporations), the root cause are the citizens (examples like NK or Eritrea notwithstanding).
I don't know how it operates under French law, but governments have been tending to use palantir's services since it let's them circumvent the procedure for issuing a warrant since a lot of the laws that require warrants to be procured were written in such a way that assumes that the government would be the only ones able to spy on their citizens, and thus make no provisions against corporations spying on people.
US tech firm Palantir [A.K.A Total Information Awareness] extends deal with French intelligence agency
Oh fuuuuuuuck!
Fuuuuck! Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuuuuck!
People of France, don your yellow vests again!
Peuple français, enfilez à nouveau vos gilets jaunes !
Doomsday cult Palantir? I guess there are no scruples anymore so long as the other guy has what you want, I personally would think twice about having dealings with a company where the founder is giving private lectures about the antichrist.