THREAD: What is controversial tech company Palantir doing in Europe? This was our starting point in a months-long investigation over a half-dozen countries, touching police, aviation, academia & health. @LHReports
@LHreports The answers have to be pieced together from fragments of heavily redacted documents, confidential sources, wary interviewees & contracts obtained by litigation or parliamentary privilege. They're not satisfyingly simple either
@LHreports It's only thanks to great journalists @e_triantafillou in GR & @maryftz in UK that we can compare findings. We met fierce resistance from EU agencies to freedom of info requests. @EUombudsman considering our appeal against @Europol
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol The findings raise serious questions over the way public agencies work with Palantir & whether its software can work within bounds of EU laws in the sensitive areas where it's used, or perform as the company promises
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol Palantir calls Europe its "focus of activities" & has expanded in two main waves, the first driven by terrorism fears, the second by the pandemic. MEPs like @sophieintveld question its "proximity to power"
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol @SophieintVeld @stanfordcyber director @marietjeschaake identifies Europe's tech inferiority complex, which she says is driving bad decisions & "building a software house of cards"
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol @SophieintVeld @StanfordCyber @MarietjeSchaake Full stories in @Guardian & @Spiegel, with painstaking work from @balkanizator, @LudekStavinoha @BenjaminHolst @alexsarovic @MarcelRosenbach @ludohekman @Maximilian_Popp
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol @SophieintVeld @StanfordCyber @MarietjeSchaake @guardian @Spiegel @Balkanizator @LudekStavinoha @BenjaminHolst @alexsarovic @MarcelRosenbach @LudoHekman @Maximilian_Popp The Guardian here theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…
@LHreports @e_triantafillou @maryftz @EUombudsman @Europol @SophieintVeld @StanfordCyber @MarietjeSchaake @guardian @Spiegel @Balkanizator @LudekStavinoha @BenjaminHolst @alexsarovic @MarcelRosenbach @LudoHekman @Maximilian_Popp And DER SPIEGEL here: spiegel.de/politik/auslan…
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