Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet

Re:Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet by TotempaaltJ on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:52AM (#34866351)

> it's just a for-profit enterprise that will serve any government that hires them.

Palantir does only work with "Western-aligned" governments, so this isn't quite true.

> Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp says that employees unhappy with the company’s mission—or its dealings with Western governments and militaries—should leave. > > “We want people who want to be on the side of the West, making the West a better society,” Karp said on Wednesday at an event for the World Economic Forum, continuing that Palantir “may not be your cup of tea.”

https://fortune.com/2023/01/19/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-world-...

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Re:Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet by morpheuskafka on Monday February 20, 2023 @01:10PM (#34870849)

Fair enough, although a lot of that isn't really their choice. They are a US based company, they aren't going to be able to sell this stuff to Russia and China. And if they were there, they wouldn't be able to sell to the US.

"Western-aligned" isn't completely up to the company to define, but it sure is a completely flexible term. Whether a country like Saudi Arabia or Turkey is "Western-aligned" seems open to interpretation and changes with the geopolitical winds.

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