[15thandwhatever]

One of the mentioned uses was tax fraud, however, IBM has been doing this statewide, for years now.

https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34304.wss

[15thandwhatever]

I also remember a string of commercials from IBM about how they help out police with predictive algorithms, historical analysis, etc.

Here's one I was able to dig up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2UjBO22EI

Why is it quiet when IBM does it, but horrific when Palantir/Big Bad Thiel does it?

It's either: a) no one cares about what IBM does anymore, because they're seen as "old school", or b) no one was paying attention before and only now caught wind of it?

[vkou]

c) People assume IBM is dumb, and incompetent. We can rest easy, knowing that they will never be involved in a dystopian nightmare. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

[tamana]

IBM built custom computing solutions for Nazi Germany, so....