In Palantir we trust? Regulation of data analysis platforms in public security

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dc.contributor.authorUlbricht, Lena
dc.contributor.authorEgbert, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-27T09:12:05Z
dc.date.available2024-08-27T09:12:05Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractOrganizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to perform tasks. To do so, they have to integrate data banks to make the data usable. We argue that there is a growing, academically underexplored market consisting of data integration and analysis platforms. We explain that, especially in the public sector, the regulatory implications of data integration and analysis must be studied because they affect vulnerable citizens and because it is not just a matter of state agencies overseeing technology companies but also of the state overseeing itself. We propose a platform-theory-based conceptual approach that directs our attention towards the specific characteristics of platforms—such as datafication, modularity, and multilaterality and the associated regulatory challenges. Due to a scarcity of empirical analyses about how public sector platforms are regulated, we undertake an in-depth case study of a data integration and analysis platform operated by Palantir Technologies in the German federal state of Hesse. Our analysis of the regulatory activities and conflicts uncovers many obstacles to effective platform regulation. Drawing on recent initiatives to improve intermediary liability, we ultimately point to additional paths for regulating public sector platforms. Our findings also highlight the importance of political factors in platform regulation-as-a-practice. We conclude that platform regulation in the public sector is not only about technology-specific regulation but also about general mechanisms of democratic control, such as the separation of power, public transparency, and civil rights.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 833749). We also acknowledge support for the publication costs by the Open Access Publication Fund of Bielefeld University and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
dc.identifier.citationUlbricht, L., & Egbert, S. (2024). In Palantir we trust? Regulation of data analysis platforms in public security. Big Data & Society, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241255108
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/20539517241255108
dc.identifier.issnissn:2053-9517
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/733
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.issupplementedbyhttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/842
dc.relation.issupplementedbyhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/20539517241255108/suppl_file/sj-docx-1-bds-10.1177_20539517241255108.docx
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectpalantir
dc.subjectpublic security
dc.subjectpolicing
dc.subjectdatabanks
dc.subjectdata protection
dc.subjectplatform regulation
dc.subjectcivil rights
dc.titleIn Palantir we trust? Regulation of data analysis platforms in public security
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241255108
local.researchgroupTechnik, Macht und Herrschaft (WZB)
local.researchtopicDigitale Infrastrukturen in der Demokratie
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