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In what is presently a tough spell for free speech, Palantir CEO Alex Karp has recommended using speech rights to combat harmful rhetoric. Speaking on CNBC, the billionaire entrepreneur, who is Jewish, singled out antisemitism as an evil to tackle, stressing that Americans should not “eviscerat[e] the First Amendment but just us[e] the First Amendment to say ‘Hey, this is either stupid or hateful’” in response to discrimination against Jews.
Alex Karp, the Jewish CEO of Palantir, says America needs to get around the first amendment to ban “antisemitism”
Palantir’s tech has been used by the IDF in Gaza, and last year Karp bragged that his company stopped the rise of the far-right in Europe
pic.twitter.com/YVzpckZL7Q— Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) September 5, 2024
Karp has previously challenged anti-Israel protesters on US campuses, referring to “this new religion” which is “a full-on regression from below our Constitution”. Palantir founder Peter Thiel has also proven less than popular with supporters of the Palestinian cause…
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