Palantir Embedded in NHS Sparks Legal Challenges Against Big Tech Control of UK Public Services

"During this gripping conversation, we explore how supposed “child safety” legislation transforms into #censorship machinery and why EFF’s approach to #DigitalRights battles requires both individual protection and systemic reform." #UKPol #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #EUPol #DigitalServicesAct #DSA #USPol #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #KOSA https://guykawasaki.com/who-defends-your-digital-rights-meet-effs-cindy-cohn/

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “Oh, *look*! Big Tech is pulling its usual trick of hiding behind legal smokescreens yet again 🎭. Apparently, Microsoft's new environmental strategy is called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" 🤷‍♂️. It's always fun when billion-d...” https://mastodon.social/@ngate/116420382397611818 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🇩🇪 #Germany #government moving from #BigTech to #OpenSource and European made technology #DeutschlandStack https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/ #ODF #DigitalsSovereignty #sovereignty #EU #Europe #FOSS

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “"An urgent national security issue” Locking ourselves into exclusive products of US tech companies exposes us to foreign interference in our digital infrastructure. Sanctions, service withdrawal and espionage are all b...” https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116426672796544272 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Reform’s Richard Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’ Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The… #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Aberdeen-Scotland #colorimage #horizontal #leader #leadership #oneperson #people #Photography #Politics #politicsandgovernment #pressconference #ReformUK #RichardTice #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #WaistUp https://www.newsbeep.com/491722/

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Hey look, #authoritarianism in the #uk ! We cab try to stop it though, if the #politicians #government will *listen*: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk #ukpol

#UK #Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest #SocialMedia Ban Proposal The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been happening and what it all means. #privacy #ageverification https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/uk-politicians-continue-miss-point-latest-social-media-ban-proposal

https://brainsharing.blog/who-controls-the-megaphone-the-war-on-social-media-and-the-fight-for-the-digital-public-square/There is a battle underway — quiet in its legal language, but thunderous in its consequences. Governments, regulators, and the establishment interests that orbit them are systematically tightening their grip on social media, and the official justifications being offered —#X #DSA #EUcensorship #Fediverse #Mastodon #ManufacturingConsent

Democracy For Sale: BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over #Palantir Peter Thiel's #surveillance firm is embedded in the #NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge. https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-were-taking-the-government-577 #DataSecurity #NHSData

“For too long, Big Tech corporations have embedded themselves in our public services, locked us into contracts that serve their shareholders not citizens, and even shaped government policy. The result is government contracts being handed out to companies like Palantir, who should have no place in delivering UK public services." Clive Lewis MP on the need for #DigitalSovereignty and #OpenSource as detailed in our report. Sign our petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty #palantir #ukpolitics #ukpol

"#Labour and #LibDem MPs led the calls for #Palantir, which also works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and the Israeli military, to be removed as a supplier to the #NHS federated data platform." #UKPol https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/labour-and-lib-dem-mps-demand-shameful-palantir-nhs-contract-be-scrapped

"The Lib Dem MP Luke Taylor, who called the deal “shameful”, said: “Palantir and Peter Thiel must have their hands ripped off of our NHS before it is too late.” Thiel, a Trump-supporting tech billionaire, founded the company and has previously said that democracy and freedom are incompatible." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/labour-and-lib-dem-mps-demand-shameful-palantir-nhs-contract-be-scrapped #PeterThiel #LibDems #UKPol #UKpolitics #Palantir #TechBros #EpsteinClass

🚨 @UKLabour & @LibDem4ER demand shameful #Palantir #NHS contract be scrapped! 😤 #NoToPalantir #OurNHS #Health #UKPolitics #News #Corruption #CorporateWelfare #Justice #SaveOurData #SaveOurHealth https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/labour-and-lib-dem-mps-demand-shameful-palantir-nhs-contract-be-scrapped?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.europesays.com/people/31451/ Stroud MP raises concerns over US tech giant’s involvement with the NHS #palantir #PeterThiel