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Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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Comments (159)

  • milanito1985
    Spain is really going in the right direction, I wonder why no one countries inspire from what they are doing
  • Dibby053
    They seem to have been granting contracts to manage all kinds of critical data to Huawei's Palantir equivalent lately, so it's probably less about security risks and more about the current source of the bribe money.If they cared about security they would not outsource this kind of stuff to foreign companies. Spain is not Somalia, why not let Indra do it?
  • _ink_
    I really like what Spain is doing recently. If it weren't for climate change, I'd consider moving there.
  • sequoia
    "The decision stems directly from growing official concern over the potential misuse of classified information linked to national security."What are the specific concerns?
  • gus_
    Unfortunately this order will probably be revoked in 2027/2028, we'll see.
  • gervwyk
    I mean.. just take a minute and listen to the CEO. The guy is having a hard time time. Clearly out of touch imo.https://youtu.be/0A3sGymV6kY
  • NooneAtAll3
    why not simply make it illegal? why make it a ban specific to one company, are they trying to make their own copy?
  • bpodgursky
    > The firm holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), which is scheduled to expire this upcoming November.> Military leadership, including the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy, has lobbied Defense Minister Margarita Robles to renew the contract, citing the platform's operational superiority.Palantir wins contracts because they are better at what they do. If Europe wants to maintain digital sovereignty while not being left behind they need to have a heart-to-heart conversation about how to fix that.
  • Devasta
    Anything short of declaring them a proscribed organization is insufficient.
  • emsign
    Great news for Spain. I hope more European countries wake up to what's going on.
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  • holoduke
    I find it unbelievable that the current chief of Nato (Rutte) is basically an extension of Palantir. He is making sure countries are signing contracts with this extreme company that on pair with the Nazi ideology. They would support mass extermination camps. You probably think this is over exaggerated. But no its not. This company is evil.
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  • Fairburn
    Someday, the US will be just a bubble where no other country gives their data to. We continue this decent into fascism to the point that nobody likes us.. or values us. Is this their idea of Utopia?
  • sjsdaiuasgdia
    Alex Karp is clearly off his rocker. This is a good move.
  • chinathrow
    Look, this is not a bad thing per se, but the US reaction will tell you everything you need to know.