MoD Sources Warn Palantir's UK Government Role Poses National Security Threat
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Summary
Senior Ministry of Defence sources warn that Palantir's extensive role in UK government systems poses a national security threat, with concerns that the US AI surveillance firm can build detailed profiles of the British population and potentially infer state secrets despite claims that UK data remains under government ownership. The company has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in UK government contracts, raising alarms about foreign access to sensitive information.
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Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets
The insiders, who are senior systems engineers with knowledge of the Palantir software systems the MoD is using, have come forward to speak after the Nerve published an investigation in January that revealed Palantir had at least £670m worth of contracts
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