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.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Another funder of Carbyne, Peter Thiel, has his own company that, like Carbyne, is set to profit from the Trump administration’s proposed hi-tech solutions to mass shootings.

    This willingness to let billionaires offer for-profit tech solutions to social problems is a sickness, and this is the clearest example yet.

    • goodnighttothe_spoon@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      It’s called greed. That big shiny bag of money behind them is a very compelling motivator for most people, especially the wealthy politicians.