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“We have a simple message to Amazon and Google executives:
End the Project Nimbus contracts.
Stop profiting from violence against Palestinians.”
End the Project Nimbus contracts.
Stop profiting from violence against Palestinians.”
Dylan @pal_legal:
“Slowly but surely the tide is turning against Israeli apartheid.
But we’re not there yet.
In the past year we’ve received reports of students, workers, and journalists who have been harassed, targeted, and fired for speaking up in solidarity with Palestine.”
“Slowly but surely the tide is turning against Israeli apartheid.
But we’re not there yet.
In the past year we’ve received reports of students, workers, and journalists who have been harassed, targeted, and fired for speaking up in solidarity with Palestine.”
Dinesh @JustFuturesLaw tells 200+ and growing rally of our comrades:
Our fights are intersectional. #NoTechForICE is in solidarity with #NoTechForApartheid ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
Our fights are intersectional. #NoTechForICE is in solidarity with #NoTechForApartheid ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
🚨 TOMORROW 🚨
Cook County in Illinois is investigating how data brokers like @LexisNexis enable ICE to skirt sanctuary laws.
We're in Truthout today, explaining how this works & how ICE agents get billions of data points to use in deportations.
👇👇👇
truthout.org/articles/ice-i…
Cook County in Illinois is investigating how data brokers like @LexisNexis enable ICE to skirt sanctuary laws.
We're in Truthout today, explaining how this works & how ICE agents get billions of data points to use in deportations.
👇👇👇
truthout.org/articles/ice-i…
It's the first such investigation we know of nationwide: Cook County Commissioner @AlmaEAnaya introduced a resolution asking the county to investigate how ICE may skirt sanctuary laws by using data brokers like LexisNexis.
cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…
This is how it works. 👇👇👇
cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…
This is how it works. 👇👇👇
Since Feb. 2021, ICE has had a contract worth up to $22.1 million w/data broker @LexisNexis, one of the largest aggregators of data in the world.
That contract gives thousands of ICE agents access to billions of data points on tens of millions of people. theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice…
That contract gives thousands of ICE agents access to billions of data points on tens of millions of people. theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice…
We're starting our second Tech Wars, "Rogue One: The Blue Death Star" NOW, on how cops & other law enforcement use surveillance against our communities
Join us, our speakers @safiyanoble & @hypervisible, & the hundreds who registered here: instituto.mijente.net/courses/tech-w…
Join us, our speakers @safiyanoble & @hypervisible, & the hundreds who registered here: instituto.mijente.net/courses/tech-w…
Our agenda today: We're going to be delving into the different forms of police surveillance technology—facial recognition, data brokers, predictive policing, & more—w/a discussion between Dr. Safiya Noble & Dr. Chris Gilliard.
Then we're going to highlight folks fighting back.
Then we're going to highlight folks fighting back.
Jacinta Gonzalez, our #NoTechforICE campaign lead, introduces the purpose of today: Just like the rebels in Star Wars, we're trying to get the blueprint for the "Death Star" of policing—so that once we have that blue print, we can abolish it.
BREAKING: ICE no longer has access to 171 million people’s utility information following pressure from our #NoTechForICE campaign ‼️
We've cut the data off from the source.
This thread explains what this means, and what needs to happen next.
More: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
We've cut the data off from the source.
This thread explains what this means, and what needs to happen next.
More: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
As Jacinta Gonzalez, senior campaign director for Mijente, told @drewharwell, most people did not realize that information would be made available to federal agents and the police.
"The data never should have been used in this way.”
"The data never should have been used in this way.”
This blocks ICE from using personal info to surveil, arrest, detain & deport our community. It’s just the 1st step. We continue to demand an end to the practice of data broker corps like LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters selling utility data, a practice that endangers us all.
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Thomson Reuters is facing shareholder calls to investigate its business for human rights abuses b/c of its work w/ICE.
The two biggest shareholder advisors in the world, ISS & Glass Lewis, just came out *in favor* of an investigation.
This is huge for investors.
Thomson Reuters is facing shareholder calls to investigate its business for human rights abuses b/c of its work w/ICE.
The two biggest shareholder advisors in the world, ISS & Glass Lewis, just came out *in favor* of an investigation.
This is huge for investors.
This is how it works: Shareholders can ask the board of directors to change company policies or review business practices.
A shareholder in Thomson Reuters, @BCGEU, called for a human rights assessment b/c Thomson Reuters works for ICE.
That proposal is now gaining steam.
A shareholder in Thomson Reuters, @BCGEU, called for a human rights assessment b/c Thomson Reuters works for ICE.
That proposal is now gaining steam.
Thomson Reuters has done this for years: They gave ICE access to a massive database w/hundreds of millions of records—names, addresses, utility bills, etc.—on some 171 million people.
NEW: LexisNexis, the huge legal research firm, signed a $16.8 million contract w/ICE, giving access to billions of personal records, like credit histories, license plates, phone data, & more.
ICE then uses this data to target & deport us.
#NoTechforICE
theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice…
ICE then uses this data to target & deport us.
#NoTechforICE
theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice…
This is a new frontier: These data brokers are increasingly working w/police & agencies like ICE & CBP, selling vast troves of personal info.
This lets ICE agents pinpoint people they want to deport, knowing their addresses, phone & internet subscriptions, DMV records, etc.
This lets ICE agents pinpoint people they want to deport, knowing their addresses, phone & internet subscriptions, DMV records, etc.
We've seen how this supercharges ICE's deportations: Two agents sitting in a car entering data can terrorize an entire community. Their information is entered into a computer, their records are pulled out, & then people start disappearing
1/ If you are thinking about investing in @PalantirTech, then here are some people who you should be aware of.
#DefundPalantir #NoTechForICE
#DefundPalantir #NoTechForICE
2/ A 7-year-old boy fled Honduras after his dad was murdered and his mom left him. His uncle took him in.
ICE agents came to their home claiming that they were checking on the boy.
With the boy watching, the agents arrested the uncle and then put him in removal proceedings.
ICE agents came to their home claiming that they were checking on the boy.
With the boy watching, the agents arrested the uncle and then put him in removal proceedings.
3/ A gang breaks into the home of two brothers in El Salvador and assaults them. They flee to the U.S. to be with their mom.
They give CBP officers their mom's name and address.
Then ICE agents show up at her house, arrest her, and deport her to El Salvador.
They give CBP officers their mom's name and address.
Then ICE agents show up at her house, arrest her, and deport her to El Salvador.
1/ I've worked in tech policy for a decade. In most rooms, I'm usually the only Latino - almost always the only Latinx immigrant.
If you care about immigrants or Latinx people, if you care about kids, I need you to care about Palantir's IPO next Tuesday.
slate.com/technology/202…
If you care about immigrants or Latinx people, if you care about kids, I need you to care about Palantir's IPO next Tuesday.
slate.com/technology/202…
2/ Palantir wrote the final layer of code facilitating countless deportations - and Trump's first systematic family separations.
When confronted, Palantir's CEO has made demonstrably false denials. He has lied.
Their stock goes on sale Tuesday as if none of this had happened.
When confronted, Palantir's CEO has made demonstrably false denials. He has lied.
Their stock goes on sale Tuesday as if none of this had happened.
3/ A teen arrives alone at the border after traveling 2,000 miles to escape a violent uncle. Feds ask his brother to take him in.
The brother asks: If I say yes, will ICE come for me? They say no.
7 months later, ICE shows up at his house and arrests him santafenewmexican.com/news/local_new…
The brother asks: If I say yes, will ICE come for me? They say no.
7 months later, ICE shows up at his house and arrests him santafenewmexican.com/news/local_new…
Can someone kindly explain this? I imagine that a lot of Black and Brown folks—particularly those who are undocumented—also have questions.
#NoTechForICE
blog.aboutamazon.com/policy/amazon-…
#NoTechForICE
blog.aboutamazon.com/policy/amazon-…
I completely understand that employees want to do something, but it feels like there are other things Amazon (as the corporation) must do before celebrating its charitable giving.
The adage that “you must stop doing harm before you can do good” comes to mind.
The adage that “you must stop doing harm before you can do good” comes to mind.
Organizations like @fightfortheftr @mediajustice @EFF @ColorOfChange @RAICESTEXAS and many more have been fighting campaigns against Amazon Ring and it’s dangerous, intimate partnership with police.
Read: eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Sign: fightforthefuture.org/news/2019-10-0…
Read: eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Sign: fightforthefuture.org/news/2019-10-0…
When our ppl began to ask us:
"How did ICE know that I lived here? How did they know that so & so is my cousin? How did they know that I worked at this place and would travel from this location everyday?"
—Jacinta González
We realized that ICE was accessing our private data.
"How did ICE know that I lived here? How did they know that so & so is my cousin? How did they know that I worked at this place and would travel from this location everyday?"
—Jacinta González
We realized that ICE was accessing our private data.
This realization lead us to begin researching & uncovering the tech companies propping up ICE's massive data surveillance system.
You can read the report here 👇
mijente.net/2018/10/whos-b…
You can read the report here 👇
mijente.net/2018/10/whos-b…
Thru our research we learned that over 15% of DHS's budget is exclusively dedicated to data management.
That means the surveillance, arrest & deportation of our ppl is a lucrative business for tech.
And thus, we began to call out those tech companies:
That means the surveillance, arrest & deportation of our ppl is a lucrative business for tech.
And thus, we began to call out those tech companies:
We know there's a revolving door b/w Silicon Valley & the fed gov.
Tech gets richer while our ppl increasingly disappear at the hands of ICE.
Now we know how willing co. like Thompson Reuters are to not only work with ICE, but to create targeted lists of our ppl. ⬇️
Tech gets richer while our ppl increasingly disappear at the hands of ICE.
Now we know how willing co. like Thompson Reuters are to not only work with ICE, but to create targeted lists of our ppl. ⬇️
Docs show how TR Special Services employees track changes in personal info (names, addresses, jail bookings, driver’s license info, phone numbers & more) & subject location, updating ICE agents & helping them refine deportation investigations
See docs ⬇️
notechforice.com/thomson-reuter…
See docs ⬇️
notechforice.com/thomson-reuter…
This work also involves “risk mitigation services” (a $4 million contract) which is supposed to track threats against agents.
In reality, this has just been used to retaliate against undocumented immigrant activist & others who protest ICE's activities.
In reality, this has just been used to retaliate against undocumented immigrant activist & others who protest ICE's activities.
This is one good action.
But not great.
And we must not let it deflate our critiques and organizing against Bezos/Amazon's many persistent bad actions.
vox.com/recode/2020/2/…
But not great.
And we must not let it deflate our critiques and organizing against Bezos/Amazon's many persistent bad actions.
vox.com/recode/2020/2/…
Why is this good, not great?
Bezos gave to his own fund. Its focus is mitigating the effects of #ClimateCrisis.
He should have given to @sunrisemvmt (to build the political power to make a #GreenNewDeal) & to UN's Green Climate Fund. These *prevent* worsening climate emergency.
Bezos gave to his own fund. Its focus is mitigating the effects of #ClimateCrisis.
He should have given to @sunrisemvmt (to build the political power to make a #GreenNewDeal) & to UN's Green Climate Fund. These *prevent* worsening climate emergency.
@sunrisemvmt And Bezos and Amazon are still causing direct harm to our climate.
And persecuting their employees who are organizing for Amazon to do better.
And Bezos political action is keeping us from meaningful, democratic, collective action.
Check out @AMZNforClimate @athenaforall.
And persecuting their employees who are organizing for Amazon to do better.
And Bezos political action is keeping us from meaningful, democratic, collective action.
Check out @AMZNforClimate @athenaforall.
Today, Palantir's CEO gave an interview at Davos. He admitted they help hunt down undocumented people.
This is after *months* of denial, saying they help fight trafficking & terrorism, deflecting when asked about ICE.
Gig's up @PalantirTech #NoTechforICE
cnbc.com/2020/01/23/pal…
This is after *months* of denial, saying they help fight trafficking & terrorism, deflecting when asked about ICE.
Gig's up @PalantirTech #NoTechforICE
cnbc.com/2020/01/23/pal…
Alex Karp says "It's a de minimis part of our work, finding people in our country who are undocumented, but it's a legitimate, complex issue."
What's complex about arresting parents at work, leaving kids home alone, ruining families?
Nothing. It's wrong—but Palantir enables it.
What's complex about arresting parents at work, leaving kids home alone, ruining families?
Nothing. It's wrong—but Palantir enables it.
There is nothing complex about human rights violations. There is nothing complex about complicity.
If you help ICE, if you help deportations, you separate families, you ruin lives, you enable an anti-immigrant crackdown.
This is an easy moral choice—& they're still failing.
If you help ICE, if you help deportations, you separate families, you ruin lives, you enable an anti-immigrant crackdown.
This is an easy moral choice—& they're still failing.
Perfect example of corporate obfuscation: Palantir works w/the part of ICE that doesn't lead on deportations & family separation—so they say they're not behind Trump's atrocities.
It's a lie. Their tech is involved in both things. We'll explain. 👇👇👇
fortune.com/2019/12/11/pal…
It's a lie. Their tech is involved in both things. We'll explain. 👇👇👇
fortune.com/2019/12/11/pal…
Palantir works for Homeland Security Investigations, the part of ICE that does "transnational crime" but is *also* closely involved in deportations through workplace raids, as their chief admits here.
Thousands are arrested in these raids every year.
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Thousands are arrested in these raids every year.
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
These raids are brutal. ICE agents storm into offices, factories, workplaces, guns drawn, tackling people to the ground & arresting them.
These are HSI agents—look at the photos—who've used Palantir software to get these targets & use Palantir software to keep track of them.
These are HSI agents—look at the photos—who've used Palantir software to get these targets & use Palantir software to keep track of them.
The music community will not be complicit! We invite musicians to stand in solidarity against ICE and tech companies like Amazon that power it. Take the pledge at NoMusicForIce.com
#NoMusicForICE #NoTechForIce
#NoMusicForICE #NoTechForIce
With this letter & petition, we call on musicians to publicly pledge not to participate in Amazon-sponsored events, or engage in exclusive partnerships with Amazon until they stop powering ICE, CBP, & other bad actors that commit human rights abuses.
Full text of open letter:
It has recently come to light that Amazon Web Services, an Amazon subsidiary with known ties to ICE and law enforcement, is hosting a festival (@intersectfest) marketed as an experience “where music, technology, and art converge.”
It has recently come to light that Amazon Web Services, an Amazon subsidiary with known ties to ICE and law enforcement, is hosting a festival (@intersectfest) marketed as an experience “where music, technology, and art converge.”
I’m heading back to San Antonio from #bbcon19, a tech fundraising conference, where I confronted @awscloud employees about the company’s active support of ICE and their technology built to terrorize families. Here’s how that exchange went👇
Unsurprisingly, they didn’t know what I was talking about. So I explained that the DHS contracts with @PalantirTech (to the tune of $51M) for software that helps track down immigrants, and @awscloud hosts those databases, allowing ICE to target communities and rip families apart.
One man suggested I check out @Amazon’s new platform released this week (bit.ly/2IKZ1kG) “It will resonate with you,” he said. “Great!” I replied. “Let’s look it up now and read it together.” That’s when things really got interesting. Here’s a summary of our discussion:
Dear @NatFriedman,
We stand with @Githubbers in demanding an end to Github's collaboration with ICE.
#SayTheirName
Nebane Abienwi
Roberto Rodriguez-Espinoza
Pedro Arriago-Santoya
Yimi Alexis Balderramos-Torres
Johana Medina Leon
Simratpal Singh
Abel Reyes-Clemente
We stand with @Githubbers in demanding an end to Github's collaboration with ICE.
#SayTheirName
Nebane Abienwi
Roberto Rodriguez-Espinoza
Pedro Arriago-Santoya
Yimi Alexis Balderramos-Torres
Johana Medina Leon
Simratpal Singh
Abel Reyes-Clemente
@natfriedman @githubbers Guerman Volkov
Mergensana Amar
Wilfredo Padron
Augustina Ramirez-Arreola
Efrain De La Rosa
Huy Chi Tran
Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion
Roxana Hernandez
Ronald Cruz
Gourgen Mirimanian
Luis Ramirez-Marcano
Yulio Castro-Garrido
Kamyar Samimi
Felipe Almazan-Ruiz
Mergensana Amar
Wilfredo Padron
Augustina Ramirez-Arreola
Efrain De La Rosa
Huy Chi Tran
Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion
Roxana Hernandez
Ronald Cruz
Gourgen Mirimanian
Luis Ramirez-Marcano
Yulio Castro-Garrido
Kamyar Samimi
Felipe Almazan-Ruiz
@natfriedman @githubbers Osvadis Montesino-Cabrera
Carlos Mejia-Bonilla
Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga
Atulkumar Babubhai Patel
Jean Jimenez-Joseph
Sergio Alonso Lopez
Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba
Roger Rayson
All of these people died in ICE Custody during the Trump administration.
Carlos Mejia-Bonilla
Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga
Atulkumar Babubhai Patel
Jean Jimenez-Joseph
Sergio Alonso Lopez
Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba
Roger Rayson
All of these people died in ICE Custody during the Trump administration.
Someone just sent this to @fightfortheftr. An internal email showing that @github, which is now owned by @Microsoft recently renewed a $200,000 contract with ICE.
Full email here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ljH74A…
Full email here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ljH74A…
These parts jumped out at me:
"The revenue from the purchase is less than $200,000 and not financially material for our company."
"GitHub has no visibility into how this software is being used"
Write GitHub senior management ... as if that somehow makes it okay?
"The revenue from the purchase is less than $200,000 and not financially material for our company."
"GitHub has no visibility into how this software is being used"
Write GitHub senior management ... as if that somehow makes it okay?
Then the letter goes full on "ICE is actually kinda good and if we don't take their money then the terrorists win"
BREAKING: #JewsAgainstICE, immigrants, and their allies are disrupting the Amazon Job Fair in Boston, MA.
We are asking job-seekers to avoid applying for positions at Amazon and its subsidiaries until the org breaks its contracts with ICE and DHS. #NeverAgainIsNow #NoTech4ICE
We are asking job-seekers to avoid applying for positions at Amazon and its subsidiaries until the org breaks its contracts with ICE and DHS. #NeverAgainIsNow #NoTech4ICE
IBM built systems that enabled the Nazis to track, detain, deport and ultimately murder millions of people. We wish people had taken action to shut down IBM to prevent the Holocaust and so we are doing today what we wish people had done for the Jews in the 1930s. #NeverAgainIsNow
IBM sold tech to Nazis.
Amazon sells tech to ICE.
Never Again means #NoTech4ICE.
Never Again means no business with Amazon.
Never Again means don't build for ICE!
Which side are you on?
Amazon sells tech to ICE.
Never Again means #NoTech4ICE.
Never Again means no business with Amazon.
Never Again means don't build for ICE!
Which side are you on?
#JewsAgainstICE and allies with @CloseTheCampsBA are marching on @PalantirTech to say no to providing ICE tech to terrorize families. Watch live now:
bit.ly/2lPU3u6
bit.ly/2lPU3u6
@CloseTheCampsBA @PalantirTech This morning @NeverAgainActn @JFREJNYC @ConMijente shut down @PalantirHQ NYC to demand they stop collaborating with ICE. Now we are at @PalantirTech in the Bay because we have seen this before. How many of our people would have lived if IBM hadn't helped the Nazis? #NoTechForICE
BOSTON: We’re gathering at the New England Holocaust Memorial, getting ready to march against the businesses in our community making money helping ICE persecute immigrants.
This is a crisis, and we have to act like it #NeverAgainIsNow
WATCH LIVE: facebook.com/NeverAgainActi…
This is a crisis, and we have to act like it #NeverAgainIsNow
WATCH LIVE: facebook.com/NeverAgainActi…
We were raised with the stories of our ancestors and our people. We don’t make comparisons to the Holocaust lightly.
What we see happening to immigrants of color in the U.S. looks like the early stages of what happened to us and others in Nazi Germany.
#NeverAgainParaNadie
What we see happening to immigrants of color in the U.S. looks like the early stages of what happened to us and others in Nazi Germany.
#NeverAgainParaNadie
ICE and CBP can’t do their evil work alone. They rely on the greed of corporations who see our immigrant neighbors living in fear & living in cages, and see dollar signs instead of human beings.
It’s up to us to make it stop: #NoBusinessWithICE!
WATCH: facebook.com/NeverAgainActi…
It’s up to us to make it stop: #NoBusinessWithICE!
WATCH: facebook.com/NeverAgainActi…
We just found out Palantir has renewed its ICE contract thru 2022. 😡😡😡
Amounts redacted, but they'll make MILLIONS.
Workplace raids, family members arrested at the border, protests every week, worker concerns—& Palantir is doubling down?!
Shameful.
fbo.gov/index?s=opport…
Amounts redacted, but they'll make MILLIONS.
Workplace raids, family members arrested at the border, protests every week, worker concerns—& Palantir is doubling down?!
Shameful.
fbo.gov/index?s=opport…
Palantir helped arrest at least *443* ppl in a 90-day period, we revealed this year, helping ICE nab family members of kids who crossed border alone, including families who tried to claim them.
That's apparently not enough for them to stop working w/ICE.
theintercept.com/2019/05/02/pet…
That's apparently not enough for them to stop working w/ICE.
theintercept.com/2019/05/02/pet…
Hundreds of academics got Palantir dropped as a sponsor of a prestigious privacy conference at Cal. The academic community came together to say they will not be associated with an enabler of terror.
That's not enough for them to stop working w/ICE.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
That's not enough for them to stop working w/ICE.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
BREAKING: We're releasing a new report: "The War Against Immigrants: Trump's Tech Tools Powered by Palantir" today.
It's a comprehensive look at Palantir’s work & the web of personal connections that make it all happen, all centered around Peter Thiel.
mijente.net/trumppalantir
It's a comprehensive look at Palantir’s work & the web of personal connections that make it all happen, all centered around Peter Thiel.
mijente.net/trumppalantir
Yday ICE arrested 680 people in raids of food processing plants in Mississippi. The raids were a result of a year long HSI investigation & led to 100s of family separations.
Palantir says they don't separate families (that they help HSI w/investigations, not ERO).
Palantir says they don't separate families (that they help HSI w/investigations, not ERO).
However, yesterday's raids were carried out by HSI, casting doubt on Palantir's position and the companies role in family separations.
These raids are just the latest cruel implementation of the war against immigrations, powered by Palantir's technology.
These raids are just the latest cruel implementation of the war against immigrations, powered by Palantir's technology.
Trump’s war on immigrants is escalating.
Days after the deadly attack on Latinos in El Paso, hours before ‘offering condolences’ to the people he helped target, Trump gave the OK to carry out the largest single-state raid in our nation’s history. [1/x]
clarionledger.com/story/news/loc…
Days after the deadly attack on Latinos in El Paso, hours before ‘offering condolences’ to the people he helped target, Trump gave the OK to carry out the largest single-state raid in our nation’s history. [1/x]
clarionledger.com/story/news/loc…
Today, that war shattered nearly 700 families, more than 700 lives.
It’s no coincidence that the raids took place across 7 sites in areas that are hard to reach, where there is little to no infrastructure in place to help deal with the aftermath. [2/x]
clarionledger.com/story/news/201…
It’s no coincidence that the raids took place across 7 sites in areas that are hard to reach, where there is little to no infrastructure in place to help deal with the aftermath. [2/x]
clarionledger.com/story/news/201…
Our community is scared, tired, and enraged. And as we grieve, we also support one another to recharge and keep fighting.
We have a long road ahead. But we are committed. [3/5] medium.com/@marisa_franco…
We have a long road ahead. But we are committed. [3/5] medium.com/@marisa_franco…
