Federal regulators sue Palantir over alleged hiring discrimination against Asians
 

Federal regulators sue Palantir over alleged hiring discrimination against Asians
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The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Palantir on Monday, alleging the secretive security firm discriminated against job applicants of Asian descent.

The agency said in the complaint that the company routinely denied qualified Asian candidates who applied to its software engineering division early in the hiring process while advancing their equally experienced **n-Asian counterparts.

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In the case of one engineering internship, the filing said, Palantir selected 17 **n-Asian candidates and just four Asians from a pool of 130 applicants, nearly three quarters of whom were Asian. Read more...

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