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Re:NHS to investigate Palantir influencer campaign as possib... by Barrin92 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @11:17PM (#38908214)
>And they’re not police, so of course they’re not held to that standard

That's a strong claim given that Palantir has sold and deployed so called "predictive policing" technology to the police forces of New Orleans[1] (without city council knowledge, so much for the accountability) and even directly advertises itself as a defense company[2]. Their revenue is overwhelmingly contract with national governments, again mostly for police or defense work. That's not how you, I or most Fortune 500 companies do business.

[1]https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predict...

[2]https://youtu.be/rxKghrZU5w8

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Re:NHS to investigate Palantir influencer campaign as possib... by redcobra762 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @11:28PM (#38908273)
It’s in no way a strong claim, as the cleaning services of the New Orleans Police Department are also not police.

And it absolutely is how you, I, and every other employed organization works. You seem to not understand what a contractor is.

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