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In 2019, the World Food Programme partnered with controversial analytics firm Palantir to develop a logistics management platform (DOTS). Although it drew criticism from privacy activists and donors, the partnership remains active today, suggesting that public and sectoral objections cannot halt such public-private collaborations, even in the humanitarian sector. This is but one example of […] The post Undoing Platform Humanitarianism appeared first on Public Books.

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