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sequoiatoday at 8:01 PM4 repliesview on HN

> I do agree blocking Palantir is a good move

Why? I'm not an expert and have only googled a bit, but I can't figure out what the specific objection to Palantir is.


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john_strinlaitoday at 9:00 PM

did you hit up wikipedia? the controversies section would be a start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir#Controversies

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XorNottoday at 9:01 PM

Well the CEO doing a public speaking tour where he sounds like a complete lunatic probably isn't helping...https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjkj7975po

dgellowtoday at 8:17 PM

> I can't figure out what the specific objection to Palantir is.

You have to be trolling, a single online search tells you how the company CEO is the textbook definition of technofascism. Take a look at his manifesto if you don’t know

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gazebo2today at 8:11 PM

I think in general people are a bit distrusting of a tech firm headed by billionaires with deep political ties that sells AI driven surveillance state technology to governments