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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTech billionaire advising Trump might rake in millions with software for mass deportations
Tech billionaire advising Trump might rake in millions with software for mass deportationsErin Corbett 12 DEC 2016 AT 15:55 ET
Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies, avid Donald Trump supporter and transition adviser would likely profit from the president-elects proposed mass deportations, The Intercept reports.
According to a review of public records, the outlet found that Palantir, Thiels data analysis company, would likely provide its services to the Trump administrations deportation efforts.
Already, Immigrations and Customs Enforcements Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has used Palantir to create its own data mining system called FALCON.
The programs Search & Analysis System enables ICE law enforcement and homeland security personnel to store, search, analyze, and visualize volumes of existing information in support of ICEs mission, according to the program description. Palantir was paid millions of dollars for providing its services to create and assist in operating the program.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/tech-billionaire-advising-trump-might-rake-in-millions-with-software-for-mass-deportations/
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Tech billionaire advising Trump might rake in millions with software for mass deportations (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Dec 2016
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ret5hd
(20,480 posts)1. Hmmm...so he could be to the U.S. what IBM was to Germany.
Not actually doing the dirty work, just helping to get it done more efficiently.
matt819
(10,749 posts)2. Hey, it worked for IBM in the 1930s
Good read: IBM and the Holocaust.
There's money to be made whether you're on the side of the good guys or the bad guys.
Initech
(100,029 posts)3. This is getting scarier by the minute.