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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=September 9, 2025|access-date=September 10, 2025 |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=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=January 6, 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>


==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
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===WikiLeaks Proposals (''2010'')===
===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=February 11, 2011 |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=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |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>.
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'')===
===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=May 3, 2025 |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>
<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
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- Data Collection
- Data Collection


===Racial Discrimination Lawsuit (''2016'')===
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>


===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)===
===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)===
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