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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 organization from doing both good and bad things? In the
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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, given that ICE has a wide variety of responsibilities beyond imm
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 situations? And about one of every 10 agents in Homeland Secur
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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.4368 - Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2019 To prohibi
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
> 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 innocuous as jaywalking. It's not pedant
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 immigrants rights issues, it seems totally rational, and it
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 people are confused by the distinct
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 across national boundaries (narcotics, weapons, mone
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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.
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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://www.ice.gov&#
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 evidence of the same kind of dysfunctional power dy
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 product presentation given to the group of candidates interview th
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 important to have an accurate understanding of the
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
> 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 existing organizations including Customs
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
> 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/2018/6/29/17517870/i.
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 reprehensible treatment of migrant families? Wouldn't the abus
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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.gov/news/releases/missouri-felo
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
> 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://www.palantir.com/palantir-fou
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by 1111236112347 7y ago
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 more than 400 U.S. laws that threaten the national secur