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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by chinathrow on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:01PM (#16878317)
Why do they have access?
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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by badloginagain on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:03PM (#16878330)
Because they'll pay for it
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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by Anderkent on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:09PM (#16878406)
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what Palantir does. It builds tools for data analysis, it doesn't gather data themselves. Anyone who has done the most basic research on the company (like watching the youtube demos) would know that.

Palantir clients maybe could still have access, if they pay for it; I probably can't convince you that we don't build tools that interact with Facebook.

Disclaimer: I work at Palantir.

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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by chinathrow on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:08PM (#16878394)
Now I'm interested. I didn't know that you can pay for access to FB data - any pointers?
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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by kridsdale1 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:13PM (#16878449)
It’s bullshit.
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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by amluto on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:09PM (#16878404)
I don’t think Palantir is in the direct data gathering business at all.
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