Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration (www.npr.org)
from themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world on 07 May 12:21
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lmuel@sopuli.xyz on 07 May 12:27 next collapse

German govt: 😊😊

Lembot_0002@lemm.ee on 07 May 12:31 next collapse

As soon as people become ex, former, etc they start to be nice. Especially the government big people.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 07 May 13:12 collapse

Remarkable how that happens, isn’t it? The company was fine while they received a paycheque but the very next day they are despicable.

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 May 13:36 collapse

Google employees protest while still being employed these people didn’t have the guts to do it while employed.

FMT99@lemmy.world on 07 May 12:38 next collapse

Yeah because working with Trump is what makes the company evil, not like, oh I don’t know, everything else they do.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 07 May 12:57 next collapse

Yeah I saw the company name and was like "wait, aren't these the Israel AI people", turns out they're just universally morally bankrupt.

Impleader@lemmy.world on 07 May 14:16 next collapse

”wait, aren’t these the Israel AI people”

To be fair, that describes like 80% of tech companies nowadays

Keeponstalin@lemmy.world on 07 May 15:40 collapse

Still, only a few provide the AI used to automate the targeting and killing of Palestinians, the vast majority being civilians of course

teamevil@lemmy.world on 07 May 14:18 collapse

It’s Peter thiel’s people

kautau@lemmy.world on 07 May 16:33 collapse

* Peter “Blood Boy” Thiel

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 May 13:03 next collapse

A palantír is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The word comes from Quenya palan ‘far’, and tir ‘watch over’. The palantírs were used for communication and to see events in other parts of Arda, or in the past.

It is in the name.

Damage@feddit.it on 07 May 16:11 next collapse

Maybe they hoped for someone more competently evil?

motor_spirit@lemmy.world on 07 May 16:25 collapse

🎯

boaratio@lemmy.world on 07 May 18:08 collapse

I loved that video where Mark Robert praised Anduril. Same energy.

plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org on 07 May 12:54 next collapse

at least they didn’t “slam” it - PLTR might not have survived

_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 May 13:22 next collapse

Wait, so now they have a crisis of conscious? After they stop getting paid, suddenly they have an issue with the horrible shit Palantir does?

Nah, fam, you don’t get to back out of responsibility.

lowleekun@ani.social on 07 May 13:27 next collapse

Sorry but fuck everyone involved with Palantir. You worked for that shit? Get double fucked pls.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 07 May 14:01 next collapse

Early Palantirians were naive if they thought this wasn’t the outcome.

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 May 14:12 next collapse
AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 07 May 14:14 collapse

It’s a data mining company founded by Peter Thiel, what did they think was going to happen?

meeeeetch@lemmy.world on 07 May 15:29 collapse

How did the company named after the thing Sauron used to communicate with/spy on Saruman lose its moral compass?

kautau@lemmy.world on 07 May 16:34 collapse

They didn’t give a shit until their company was in the public spotlight, that’s all that matters

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today on 07 May 14:21 next collapse

These types of headlines and articles are what keep Americans divided. Palantir is a terrible company regardless of their actions with the Trump administration. People need to stop being so partisan and see how the government is corrupt nearly as a whole.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 07 May 14:49 collapse

Pretty sure Palantir got the “Keep Americans Divided” contract and not the non-profit radio stations that do Tiny Desk concerts and have to do fundraisers all the time to keep the lights on.

Saleh@feddit.org on 07 May 14:37 next collapse

Ethics? Trump? The companies stock price has almost quadroupled over the past year. Since Trumps election it nearly doubled.

Everyone who knows the company knows that it serves to aid authoritarian regimes in oppressing its people. It is known that Palantir serves Israel in its genocide and oppression of the Palestinian people. The entire purpose of this company is to help oppress. Palantir is having ties with the ICE since at least 2014.

It is evil through and through and it is laughable to claim that Trump would be the reason why the company would have gone to far.

[deleted] on 07 May 14:56 next collapse

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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 07 May 16:33 collapse

Did you see the CEO scoffing at the protests of a woman whose family were being murdered in Gaza. Complete sociopath.