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|Website=https://www.palantir.com | |Website=https://www.palantir.com | ||
|Description=Palantir Technologies Inc. is a public, American company that develops Software and Platforms as a service, typically requiring data mining. | |Description=Palantir Technologies Inc. is a public, American company that develops Software and Platforms as a service, typically requiring data mining. | ||
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Palantir is a data analytics and software company whose platforms, Gotham and Foundry, help governments and enterprises integrate data for secure, AI-driven decision-making at scale<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Palantir |url=https://www.palantir.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909203722/https://www.palantir.com/ |archive-date=2025-09-09 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Palantir}}</ref>. | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===WikiLeaks Proposals (''2010'') [1]=== | ===WikiLeaks Proposals (''2010'')=== | ||
The '''Team Themis WikiLeaks proposal''' was a 2010–2011 plan by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies, discussed with the law firm Hunton & Williams, to undermine [[WikiLeaks]] and supporters using cyberattacks, disinformation, and pressure on journalists such as [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |title=Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |website=Wired |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies |url=https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |website=WikiLeaks |date=2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked HBGary in February 2011 and released tens of thousands of emails<ref>{{cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |title=Anonymous attacks US security company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. Following publication, Palantir apologized and severed all contacts with HBGary, and Berico said it had discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andy |first=Greenberg |date=2011-02-11 |title=Palantir Apologizes For WikiLeaks Attack Proposal, Cuts Ties With HBGary |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/02/11/palantir-apologizes-for-wikileaks-attack-proposal-cuts-ties-with-hbgary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2025/09/10/designing-the-pause-rethinking-goal-setting-for-the-future/?malcolm=A&api=true&streamIndex=1&isNextJS=true |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Olson |first=Parmy |title=Anonymous Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails; Launch AnonLeaks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |website=Forbes |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. [[Bank of America]] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had not hired the firms for this work<ref>{{cite news |last=Halliday |first=Josh |title=Anonymous: US security firms 'planned to attack WikiLeaks' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/anonymous-us-security-firms-wikileaks |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. | |||
===ICE Partnership (''Since 2014'')=== | |||
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Palantir Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before Direct Listing |url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164812/https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Amnesty International USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025-05-03 |title=Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165241/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> | |||
- Investigative Case Management | - Investigative Case Management | ||
- Investigative Tools (FALCON) | - Investigative Tools (FALCON) | ||
- ImmigrationOS | - ImmigrationOS <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rosemarie |date=2025-04-17 |title=Palantir, ICE Agree to $30 Million Tech Contract |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165935/https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> | ||
- Data Collection | - Data Collection | ||
===Racial Discrimination Lawsuit (''2016'') | ===Racial Discrimination Lawsuit (''2016'')=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-26 |title=US Department of Labor sues Silicon Valley tech company for discriminating against Asian job applicants |url=https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20160926 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910170446/https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20160926 |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=U.S. Department of Labor}}</ref> | |||
=== Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018) | ===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Matthew |date=2018-03-27 |title=Spy Contractor’s Idea Helped Cambridge Analytica Harvest Facebook Data |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/cambridge-analytica-palantir.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910170708/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/cambridge-analytica-palantir.html |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> | |||
== Controversies == | ==Controversies== | ||
=== Project Maven Defense Drones (Since 2018) | ===Project Maven Defense Drones (Since 2018)=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=Contracts For May 29, 2024 |url=https://www.war.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3790490/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910172658/https://www.war.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3790490/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=U.S. Department of War}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Becky |date=2019-12-10 |title=Palantir Took Over From Google on Project Maven |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-took-over-from-google-on-project-maven-2019-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910173141/https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-took-over-from-google-on-project-maven-2019-12 |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> | |||
=== Second Trump Administration Stock Ownership (2025) | ===Second Trump Administration Stock Ownership (2025)=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwellenbach |first=Nick |date=2025-05-24 |title=Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir |url=https://www.pogo.org/investigations/stephen-miller-conflicts-of-interest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910173802/https://www.pogo.org/investigations/stephen-miller-conflicts-of-interest |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Project On Government Oversight (POGO)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |last2=Stephen |date=2025-01-01 |title=Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976892-miller-stephen/#document/p5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910174554/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976892-miller-stephen/#document/p5 |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=DocumentCloud}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nick |first=Schwellenbach |last2=Neil |first2=Gordon |date=2025-08-25 |title=https://www.pogo.org/investigations/gold-rush-top-trump-officials-silicon-valley-ties |url=https://www.pogo.org/investigations/gold-rush-top-trump-officials-silicon-valley-ties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910175143/https://www.pogo.org/investigations/gold-rush-top-trump-officials-silicon-valley-ties |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Project On Government Oversight (POGO)}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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