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Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news (redlib.tiekoetter.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Palantir is pretty awful. I knew a guy who took a job there, a bunch of years ago. When he said where he was going, I asked "But what if they work on something really shitty? Like spying on people?". He was like, "Meh", with a big shrug.

He was friendly and kind to the people around him, but I guess he just didn't care about anyone he didn't know personally right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If I'm reading this right, you would basically say that any company that helps government institutions spy on people is awful, is that right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I haven't thought through all the scenarios and edge cases, but generally spying on the public seems dicey and ripe for abuse. Especially if it's just like "the public, all the time, whenever we feel like it," instead of "ok we got a warrant signed by a judge to investigate Joe Bombguy".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

To me, spying and spying on the public en masse are very different things

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