Palantir Employees Question Company's Ethics as It Powers Trump's Immigration Enforcement
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Summary
Palantir employees are increasingly questioning the company's ethical direction as it becomes the technological backbone of Trump's immigration enforcement machinery, providing software for identifying, tracking, and deporting immigrants for DHS. Internal Slack messages and interviews with current and former employees reveal a workforce in turmoil, with staff raising alarms about the company's commitments to civil liberties. The article explores the moral crisis unfolding within Palantir as employees grapple with whether their work is enabling human rights abuses.
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Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.
It took just a few months of President Donald Trump's second term for Palantir employees to question their company's commitments to civil liberties.
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