UK/Global: Human rights and health groups in new briefing urge hospitals not to use Palantir software and demand that NHS England cancels the contract entirely

By Amnesty International

Responding to the launch of Medact’s (an organisation bringing together health workers in the UK) latest briefing that outlines grave human rights concerns and risks posed by contracting Palantir to build NHS England’s Federated Data Platform (FDP), Matt Mahmoudi, Researcher and Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at Amnesty International said: “Amnesty International supports the briefing […] The post UK/Global: Human rights and health groups in new briefing urge hospitals not to use Palantir software and demand that NHS England cancels the contract entirely appeared first…

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