A trove of leaked emails have shone further light on Palantir founder Peter Thiel's connections to Jeffrey Epstein

In 2023, the then-Conservative government awarded Palantir with a £330m contract to “build a new NHS data platform”. The move proved controversial because Palantir is a US spy tech firm and its co-founder Peter Thiel is a prominent Trump donor with links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, a trove of leaked emails have shone further light on Thiel’s connections.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      8 days ago

      It’s universally true that having more and better information can improve business and efficiency. (This of course has limits, yes.)

      I’m sure they were offering data that would help the agency.

      Now the ethics, and creepiness? I’m not commenting on that. Palantir is not ethical. They labor under twisted logic.

      And every time we mention their name online, we probally get a demerit in their database.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      10 days ago

      The UK has been doing some seriously batshit things lately. Obviously we’re not ones to talk but - yeah. It’s sad.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
      10·
      10 days ago

      NHS England has tens of millions of patients. Most patient records are undigitised and must be couriered when patients move to a new area or when specialist care is required.

      It’s also a huge, publicly funded service so big data can be crunched to improve outcomes and efficiencies.

      Palantir wanted a big system to use as the testbed for its move into healthcare data systems and offered a low bid.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        10 days ago

        Do y’all not have any software engineers domestically? I thought you invented the whole ordeal?

          • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 days ago

            Unless I am presented with contradictory evidence (I am not accepting feedback) I will assume nobody over there is willing to program a machine of any type out of fear that their balls will be cut off by the government like daddy Turing’s were.

            Edit: (to be clear, I’m just taking the piss. Please for the love of dog, do not touch Palantir with even the tip of any of your extremities.)

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      7·
      10 days ago

      Oh yeah they are in deep cahoots you should read the investigative journalism article they mention from earlier this summer.