Tech officials, including Jacob Helberg of Palantir, are linked to pushing for a TikTok ban amidst US-China tensions. Palantir stands to benefit from the conflict. Snowden materials reveal Palantir's involvement in NSA mass surveillance, contradicting their anti-TikTok stance.
Worth pointing out that Snowden materials prove Palantir, where vocal anti-TikTok figures like Jacob Helberg and now (reportedly soon) Mike Gallagher work, helped the NSA conduct exactly the kind of mass surveillance they cite as a reason to ban TikTok https://t.co/nuX8D5ZQYL https://t.co/S1XXs7FljF
Palantir has been aggressively lobbying for the TikTok ban Gallagher intro’ed the bill that could do just that https://t.co/J9dd2xBSA9
U.S.–China Commissioner Jacob Helberg fearmongered about TikTok in Congress. He also works for a giant defense contractor. @samfbiddle on the stealth corporate influence of Palantir and friends, on Capitol Hill and beyond. https://t.co/8oagGqJFmE
I wrote about an under-discussed aspect of the national TikTok freakout: Jacob Helberg, who has been instrumental in driving anti-TikTok fear in Congress, also works at Palantir, which stands to immensely benefit from US/China tensions or conflict https://t.co/ZF0oiwWYB6
Tech officials pushing TikTok ban could reap windfalls from U.S.–China Cold War https://t.co/ncQF9uxYPM by @samfbiddle https://t.co/ncQF9uxYPM