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.

Now I'm interested. I didn't know that you can pay for access to FB data - any pointers?

It’s bullshit.

I don’t think Palantir is in the direct data gathering business at all.