Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration

'Must resist': Ex-employees blast Trump-aligned firm amid 'increasingly violent rhetoric'

More than a dozen former employees of the powerful data-mining firm Palantir Technologies shredded their former employer in a letter obtained exclusively by NPR, in which they seek to trigger a "domino effect" that will spread throughout Silicon Valley.The thirteen ex-workers slammed their former wo...

U of San Francisco Divests From Four Defense Contractors

College leaders overwhelmingly rejected divestment demands from pro-Palestinian protesters last spring, but at the University of San Francisco, demonstrators won a rare concession last week. USF announced it will divest from four U.S. companies with ties to the Israeli military, KQED reported: Palantir, L3Harris, GE Aerospace and RTX Corporation.

Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration

In a rare rebuke, more than a dozen former workers of the powerful data-mining and surveillance company say the firm's work with the Trump administration violates the company's founding principles.

The company that specializes in data analysis co-founded by Peter Thiel has just obtained a new $30 million contract to help the federal government track down and deport migrants. Another example – beyond the iconic figure of Elon Musk – of the collaboration between part of the tech sector and the Trump presidency. If the intensification of the migrant hunt in the United States since Donald Trump's return to power is a source of shock to human r…

Former Palantir Employees Criticize Company’s Collaboration with Trump Administration

The logo of Palantir Technologies displayed during the World Economic Forum annual meeting. Thirteen former employees of Palantir Technologies are voicing strong opposition to the company’s collaboration with the Trump administration, particularly following a recent $30 million contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at providing “near real-time visibility” into migrant movements within the United States. In a letter from e…

Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration - TPR: The Public's Radio

In a rare rebuke, more than a dozen former workers of the powerful data-mining and surveillance company say the firm's work with the Trump administration violates the company's founding principles. The post Former Palantir workers condemn company’s work with Trump administration appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.