The Surveillance State's Favorite Tech Company: Palantir's Latest Ploy Palantir has walked a fine line between moral ambiguity and outright complicity, particularly with its software tools being used to fuel the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Criticism from both external critics and internal employees who feel their work is empowering human rights abuses has been intense.
Rather than backing away from this problematic business, Palantir's latest move – a hack week focused on adding new controls to its software used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – suggests the company is doubling down.