Why should we be concerned about Palantir?

Palantir has received millions in federal funding to build a big brother surveillance system of the American people.

Below are some quick resources providing an overview. But, as always, do your own research and check your sources. (Hint: if you hover your mouse over the hyperlink it will show you the url).

Former Palantir workers condemn company’s work with Trump administration

Source: NPR

Bias rating: left-center (-2.8)

Factual Reporting: High (.9) 

Snopes: Is Palantir creating a national database of US Citizens?

Source: Snopes 

Bias rating: left-center bias (-2.8)

Factual Reporting: High (1.2)

Trump’s Executive Order: Eliminating Information Silos

Source: The White House

What does this EO mean: Prior to 2025, data from various federal agencies were kept separate. Don’t work for Medicaid? You can’t access folk’s medical history. Don’t work for the IRS? You can’t access folks income, banking information, personal contact information. You get the idea.

This EO breaks down the privacy policies that kept information siloed between agencies, and thus kept citizen’s data protected. Palantir has created a database system that pulls data from multiple federal agencies as well as data available online (social media, corporate data farming) to create a massive AI system to surveil and monitor regular American people.

I worked at Palantir: The Tech Company Reshaping Reality

Source: More Perfect Union, Youtube

Hint: DuckDuckGo internet browser allows for a more private Youtube viewing experience.

Bias rating: left (-6.9)

Factual: Mostly factual (3.8) 

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