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Palantir: As Revenues Rise, Controversy Grows by proving technology to Israel forces who exterminating Palestinians in Gaza
Palantir is on a roll, experiencing record growth through government contracting. But its activities have raised ethical concerns from former employees and the larger public.
Palantir, an emerging tech company that was founded by Peter Thiel in 2003 with support from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm, is a central player in the fight between the old guard and the up and coming weapons firms of Silicon Valley. In addition to protests over the use of Palantir technology in Israel’s campaign of mass slaughter in Gaza, the company’s most controversial activity involves its role in aiding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in locating subjects for deportation. Silicon Valley has achieved some amazing technological feats from the middle of the past century up to this moment, but that doesn’t mean the leaders of emerging tech firms should have privileged influence over how we organize our government, our economy, or our foreign policy.
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