At such a triumphal moment, it was striking that the company was forced on the defensive, not least for its involvement with the controversial US agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which began in 2011. ICE has drawn criticism for its activities in Minnesota over the last month after its agents shot and killed two American citizens while bystanders captured the events on video.
As it announced its booming financial results, Palantir was prepared. CEO Alex Karp told CNBC: "If you are critical of ICE, you should be out there protesting for more Palantir. Our product, actually, in its core, requires people to conform with Fourth Amendment data protection."
22 Comments
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 76 pts · 203d
I don't want Palantir guarding my anything, especially my rights.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 203d
I'd go so far as to say they should fuck right off.
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 53 pts · 203d
In other news foxes now guarding hen house.
frank@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 203d
Fox news guarding the one house
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 203d
Took the words right out of my mouth
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 203d
"Right" as in political leaning, right?
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 203d
'The CEO's statements that Palantir is protecting the Fourth Amendment run counter to ICE's own legal memorandum and what judges in Minnesota have found, which is that ICE has violated the Fourth Amendment during its most recent surge in the state where it deployed 3,000 federal agents into a community normally patrolled by a few hundred police'
needs source. Palantir is working with ICE. Where is the proof?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 203d
Here's the contract on the official US government website:
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD022FR0000170_7012_GS35F0086U_4730
TL;DR:
Who:
What:
When:
Money:
yakko@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 203d
They leaked the internal user manual
oyo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 203d
But Brett Kavanaugh says the fourth amendment isn't real--you just made it up in your head.
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 203d
Constdelusion Syndrome
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 22 pts · 203d
A statement made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Etterra@discuss.online · 21 pts · 203d
Yeah and the Eye of Sauron was just making sure the orcs were following safety regulations.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
Man, it just writes itself.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 203d
How very reassuring to hear for governments around the world using it. I am sure they‘re happy to hear this.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 203d
They can suck my right nut.
krzschlss@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 202d
Not only are they openly admitting surveillance of a whole nation, they are openly bragging about it too.
…while having Mossad and CIA sponsored parties on Caribbean islands.
USA is a tragic joke of an “Empire”.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 203d
It seems like he's trying to say that it's ok that they are spying on everyone because they found a way to do it technically within the bounds of the 4th amendment, which would still be terrible but it seems unlikely even that is true.
atropa@piefed.social · 8 pts · 203d
3jane@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 203d
They know a lot about protesters.
AI development is probably mostly about developing the resources to instantly identify people and their support for the government.
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 203d
Has anyone here played "Orwell: Keeping an eye on you" ?
this@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 203d
And I declare Palantir execs and shareholders the defenders of sucking on their own chodes.
That's the nice thing about free speech, you can say whatever you want, to whomever you want. Ironic that Palantir is helping the federal government undermine it.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 4 pts · 202d
The Reptile is an anagram of Peter Thiel.