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It's true that most ethical situations are not black and white. When an organization is doing some good things, and some bad things, is the best course of action to prevent the org…

Do we know that Github is being used to enable human rights violations, and that their use of Github for potentially negative actions outweighs potentially beneficial actions, give…

Would it be really be good to prevent Homeland Security Investigations, a major division of ICE, from investigating sexual abuse of children, and rescuing children from abusive sit…

This recently introduced legislation proposes to ensure some level of transparency in the specific context of algorithms used to process evidence used in criminal proceedings: H.R.…

> I don't understand why you're being so pedantic about this. You absolutely know that people use the 'misdemeanor' phrasing to make it seem like crossing the border is as innocuou…

Whether one would consider the action requested to be rational really depends on the objective of the "mob". If the objective is to gain some immediate press exposure for immigrant…

I recently saw this article presented as an example of how ICE mistreats people: https://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-children-border-patrol-fac... It's totally understandable that pe…

Could you elaborate on the "it" you refer to? ICE has jurisdiction over a large number of federal laws involving immigration as well as laws involving transporting illegal goods ac…

True, but INS, Customs Service, and others that were enforcing laws prior to 2003 were disbanded by the Homeland Security Act that created CBP/ICE.

ICE definitely doesn't only enforce just one type of misdemeanor. Some recent cases: - https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/police-officer-arrested-child-pornography-charges - https:/…

I definitely agree this can happen, and I've worked for a company where what you described rings all too true. However, I joined Palantir last year, and I genuinely don't see any e…

To add another data point, I interviewed at Palantir and asked questions about ethics and transparency at every reasonable opportunity: during recruiter outreach, during the produc…

This article is about CBP, which is not part of ICE, and ICE is not mentioned anywhere in it. I'm not raising this point to be pedantic or discount the tragedy. I just think it's i…

> And people often forget that we didn't have these agencies at all before 9/11, and we did just fine. ICE wasn't created out of thin air, it was formed by merging and reorganizing…

> I suspect there are people in ICE-HSI, who probably hate being lumped in together with the ICE-ERO. This is definitely a real issue: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/…

Is this an either/or choice? Does HSI have to not exist in order to prevent reprehensible treatment of migrant families? Conversely, would eliminating HSI prevent such reprehensibl…

Note that the article you linked is about CBP, which is not part of ICE. Also note that ICE doesn't just enforce immigration laws, they also do things like this: https://www.ice.go…

> Palantir's entire business is providing data mining and surveillance software to government agencies. Palantir has a number of commercial customers, here's a few examples: https:…

The article is about work with HSI, not CBP. The scope of work that HSI does is much broader, here's a quote from wikipedia about it: HSI special agents investigate violations of m…