Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>What Does <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> Actually Do?<br>Palantir is often called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/databroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databroker</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataminer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataminer</span></a>, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—even former employees struggle to explain it.<br>13 former Palantir staffers argue company risks being complicit in authoritarianism by continuing to cooperate with Trump. In order to grapple with Palantir and its role, let alone hold company accountable, you need to first understand what it is.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/palantir-what-</span><span class="invisible">the-company-does/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/zh2dq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/zh2dq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>