Palantir Technologies—13 former Palantir employees publicly condemned company's work with Trump administration on deportations
In May 2025, thirteen former Palantir employees published a letter condemning the company's work with the Trump administration, weeks after ICE awarded Palantir $30 million for ImmigrationOS. The former workers, including software engineers, managers, and a privacy team member, said the company had violated its own code of conduct stating software should 'protect the vulnerable.' They wrote: 'Early Palantirians understood the ethical weight of building these technologies. These principles have now been violated.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration Openness | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Whistleblower Protection | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.044 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)× agency (incidental ×0.1)
Evidence (1 signal)
13 former Palantir employees publicly condemned company's work with Trump administration on deportations
In May 2025, thirteen former Palantir employees published a letter condemning the company's work with the Trump administration, weeks after ICE awarded Palantir $30 million for ImmigrationOS. The former workers, including software engineers, managers, and a privacy team member, said the company had violated its own code of conduct stating software should 'protect the vulnerable.' They wrote: 'Early Palantirians understood the ethical weight of building these technologies. These principles have now been violated.'