Urge Palantir to Assess and Disclose Human Rights Impacts


Urge Palantir to Assess and Disclose Human Rights Impacts
The Issue
We appeal to faith leaders and advocates of justice to join in urging Palantir to prioritize ethical responsibility over mere technological advancement. Sign this petition to push for transparency, accountability, and humane use of technology that respects human rights and upholds personal privacy.
We are deeply concerned about the extensive reach and capabilities of Palantir's technology and its implications for personal privacy and human rights. Palantir has developed advanced software for analyzing vast amounts of data, which can be used to track individuals across numerous data points. Palantir's software allows authorities to watch people with unprecedented precision, raising significant ethical and human rights concerns.
We would love to count on your support, as a prominent faith leader who stands up for justice, to sign a letter of support urging Palantir to assess, disclose, and address the human rights impacts associated with its products and services - particularly as they are being used in the immigration crackdown. Palantir is the company whose technology is the backbone of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surveillance that tracks and targets migrants for detention and deportation and revokes people's immigration status. A broad swath of actors including human rights groups, privacy watchdogs, members of Congress, right-wing media personalities, and the company’s own employees have called out concerns about the use of the company’s technology and harm to people.
In December 2025, the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace filed a shareholder proposal asking Palantir to publish a Human Rights Impact Assessment. A shareholder proposal is a formal request to the board of directors to take action on a specific issue raised by a shareholder in the company. Shareholder proposals can create a powerful public platform for challenging and improving corporate policies, practices, performance, and impacts. The proposal raises concerns about the company’s role in powering ICE surveillance systems and enabling large-scale data tracking that may contribute to detention, deportation, and other potential human rights violations. It also expresses concern over the use of Palantir's technology to analyze massive amounts of personal data, enabling individuals to be tracked on numerous data points and authorities to monitor people with unprecedented precision.
More than 150 faith leaders and religious organizations representing various communities, including Catholic, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Interfaith, and Buddhist, have signed on to this letter urging Palantir to assess and address the human rights impacts of its technology.
The letter is open to ongoing signatures. Please circulate the letter within your networks.
Religious Organization Signatories
Adrian Dominican Sisters
American Friends Service Committee
Berkeley Society of Friends
Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy
Burlington Friends Meeting
CAIR-Chicago (Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago chapter)
CAIR-NJ
Christians for a Free Palestine
Congregation of St. Joseph
Corporate Responsibility Committee, School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province
Council of Bishops The United Methodist Church
Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Faith in New Jersey
Faithful America
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
First Unitarian Church of Oakland Justice Council
Franciscan Sisters of Allegany NY
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart
Hindus for Human Rights
House of Grace Catholic Worker
ICCR
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
InterReligious Task Force on Central America
Jewish Investor Network
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice and Freedom Church of the Poor
Make the Road New Jersey
Mercy Investment Services
Methodist Federation for Social Action
Metodistas Asociados Representando la Causa Hispano-Americana (MARCHA)
Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice
Muslims for Just Futures
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment
Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Pan Methodist Commission
Pax Christi New York State
Provincial Council, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province
Rabbis for Ceasefire
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Religious Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, OH
St. Gertrude's Center for Benedictine Life
Starfish Village Ministry
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
The American Council for Judaism
The Religious Nationalisms Project
The Thread Interfaith Seminary
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
United Methodist Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner
United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)
United Women in Faith
V’ahavtah: A Judaism Beyond Zionism Synagogue
To learn more, visit www.campaignsforthecommongood.org

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The Issue
We appeal to faith leaders and advocates of justice to join in urging Palantir to prioritize ethical responsibility over mere technological advancement. Sign this petition to push for transparency, accountability, and humane use of technology that respects human rights and upholds personal privacy.
We are deeply concerned about the extensive reach and capabilities of Palantir's technology and its implications for personal privacy and human rights. Palantir has developed advanced software for analyzing vast amounts of data, which can be used to track individuals across numerous data points. Palantir's software allows authorities to watch people with unprecedented precision, raising significant ethical and human rights concerns.
We would love to count on your support, as a prominent faith leader who stands up for justice, to sign a letter of support urging Palantir to assess, disclose, and address the human rights impacts associated with its products and services - particularly as they are being used in the immigration crackdown. Palantir is the company whose technology is the backbone of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surveillance that tracks and targets migrants for detention and deportation and revokes people's immigration status. A broad swath of actors including human rights groups, privacy watchdogs, members of Congress, right-wing media personalities, and the company’s own employees have called out concerns about the use of the company’s technology and harm to people.
In December 2025, the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace filed a shareholder proposal asking Palantir to publish a Human Rights Impact Assessment. A shareholder proposal is a formal request to the board of directors to take action on a specific issue raised by a shareholder in the company. Shareholder proposals can create a powerful public platform for challenging and improving corporate policies, practices, performance, and impacts. The proposal raises concerns about the company’s role in powering ICE surveillance systems and enabling large-scale data tracking that may contribute to detention, deportation, and other potential human rights violations. It also expresses concern over the use of Palantir's technology to analyze massive amounts of personal data, enabling individuals to be tracked on numerous data points and authorities to monitor people with unprecedented precision.
More than 150 faith leaders and religious organizations representing various communities, including Catholic, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Interfaith, and Buddhist, have signed on to this letter urging Palantir to assess and address the human rights impacts of its technology.
The letter is open to ongoing signatures. Please circulate the letter within your networks.
Religious Organization Signatories
Adrian Dominican Sisters
American Friends Service Committee
Berkeley Society of Friends
Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy
Burlington Friends Meeting
CAIR-Chicago (Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago chapter)
CAIR-NJ
Christians for a Free Palestine
Congregation of St. Joseph
Corporate Responsibility Committee, School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province
Council of Bishops The United Methodist Church
Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Faith in New Jersey
Faithful America
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
First Unitarian Church of Oakland Justice Council
Franciscan Sisters of Allegany NY
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart
Hindus for Human Rights
House of Grace Catholic Worker
ICCR
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
InterReligious Task Force on Central America
Jewish Investor Network
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice and Freedom Church of the Poor
Make the Road New Jersey
Mercy Investment Services
Methodist Federation for Social Action
Metodistas Asociados Representando la Causa Hispano-Americana (MARCHA)
Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice
Muslims for Just Futures
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment
Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Pan Methodist Commission
Pax Christi New York State
Provincial Council, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province
Rabbis for Ceasefire
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Religious Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, OH
St. Gertrude's Center for Benedictine Life
Starfish Village Ministry
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
The American Council for Judaism
The Religious Nationalisms Project
The Thread Interfaith Seminary
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
United Methodist Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner
United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)
United Women in Faith
V’ahavtah: A Judaism Beyond Zionism Synagogue
To learn more, visit www.campaignsforthecommongood.org

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Petition created on April 15, 2026