Written by Karp and Palantir's head of corporate affairs, Nicholas Zamiska, 'The Technological Republic' was published last year and described by its authors as 'the beginnings of the articulation of the theory' behind Palantir's work. (One critic said it was 'not a book at all, but a piece of corporate sales material.') The company's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny since then, as tech industry figures have debated Palantir's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and as the company has positioned itself as an organization working for the defense of 'the West.' In fact, congressional Democrats recently sent a letter to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security demanding more information about how tools built by Palantir and 'a range of surveillance companies' are being used in the Trump administration's aggressive deportation strategy. Palantir's post doesn't reference much of that context directly, simply saying that it's providing the summary 'because...
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