US software company Palantir has come under fire for threatening to call the police on a journalist at its AI+ Expo conference.
The reporter, who was attending the event to watch software demonstrations, was taking photos, videos and making written notes during the demos.
Following the incident, Palantir called the police on the journalist, who was then removed from the conference.
Following the incident, other journalists who were at the event, including Jack Poulson and Jessica Le Masurier, were also removed from the hall, reportedly for discussing Palantir’s work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
On Tuesday, Palantir published a post on LinkedIn claiming that the article was untrue and said that the company “never collects data to unlawfully surveil Americans”.
The New York Times did not respond to requests for comment on the article.
