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| [[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |website=bbc.com }}</ref> Its 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> | | [[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=2020-09-20 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=2025-06-01 |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=bbc.com |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Its 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> |
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| ===Racial Discrimination Lawsuit (''2016'')===
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| In September 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs filed a complaint alleging that Palantir Technologies systematically discriminated against Asian applicants for software engineering roles in violation of Executive Order 11246, citing resume screening and telephone interview practices and an overreliance on employee referrals that disadvantaged Asian candidates.<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> In April 2017, Palantir entered into a consent decree resolving the allegations by agreeing to pay $1,659,434 in back wages and other relief and to extend job offers to eight eligible applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-25 |title=US Department of Labor settles charges of hiring discrimination with Silicon Valley company {{!}} U.S. Department of Labor |url=https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20170425 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250911071715/https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20170425 |archive-date=2025-09-11 |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=U.S. Department of Labor}}</ref>
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| ===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)=== | | ===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)=== |