Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall

City Hall has refused a contract worth up to £50m with the US technology firm Palantir.

BBC News
🚫🔮 Oh, Mayor Khan! Blocking the Met Police from using #Palantir is like insisting on using a rotary phone in a smartphone world. 📞🤦‍♂️ But hey, who needs data-driven policing when you can just guess who the bad guys are, right? 🤷‍♂️🔍
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir #MayorKhan #DataDrivenPolicing #MetPolice #TechnologyDebate #LawEnforcement #HackerNews #ngated
Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing

The Guardian
Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing

The Guardian

London Protests Erupt With Calls For Violence Amidst Competing Demonstrations

Why were there violent protests in London on 16 May 2026? Learn how 26 police officers were injured and why officials are concerned about new protest threats.

#londonprotest, #metpolice, #londonnews, #ukpolitics, #publicsafety

https://newsletter.tf/london-protest-violence-16-may-2026/

On 16 May 2026, London saw 110,000 people at a rally where 26 police officers were hurt. This is a higher number of injuries than most recent city protests.

#londonprotest, #metpolice, #londonnews, #ukpolitics, #publicsafety
https://newsletter.tf/london-protest-violence-16-may-2026/

London protests on 16 May 2026 lead to 26 police injuries and arrests

Why were there violent protests in London on 16 May 2026? Learn how 26 police officers were injured and why officials are concerned about new protest threats.

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Palantir should have no place in the UK's digital systems.

The government must completely break our dependency on US tech firms.

It'll deliver better value for money and protect our national security from foreign interference.

Invest in open source, not Trumpian tech bros!

Sign our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty

#digitalsovereignty #palantir #opensource #sadiqkhan #metpolice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

38 Degrees

London Mayor Sadiq Khan shows Palantir the door 🚪

This decision recognises that Big Tech has been grifting the UK for years, by locking us into their exclusive products, jacking up the fees and exporting profits.

The future is open source, NOT shady US spyware companies.

It's time for Digital Sovereignty 🌱

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir

#digitalsovereignty #palantir #opensource #sadiqkhan #metpolice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing

The Guardian

London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir

#FuckPalantir #FuckPeterThiel #FuckAI #palantir #PeterThiel #MetPolice #UKpol #SadiqKhan #ScotlandYard #surveillance

“In the Past Two Weeks I’ve Been Arrested Twice - Once in Germany & Once in London – Freedom of Speech is Under Threat From Zionism”

by veteran Socialist and anti-Xionist campaigner Tony Greenstein in his latest blogpost

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“Last Saturday at the Nakba demonstration in London I held a placard ‘Globalise the Intifada’. I did this because Mark Rowley declared that he would arrest anyone who displayed a placard or uttered the words ‘Globalise the Intifada’.

I wanted to make it clear that the job of the Police is to implement the law not make the law. It is no business of London’s racist anti-Palestinian Police Commissioner to declare that certain slogans are illegal. When the Police start deciding what you can and cannot say we are on the road to a Police State”

https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2026/05/in-past-two-weeks-ive-been-arrested.html

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Germany #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #MetPolice #Rowley #GlobalizeTheIntifada #Palestine #WarCrimes #PoliticalPolicing #Racism #FarRight

In the Past Two Weeks I’ve Been Arrested Twice - Once in Germany & Once in London – Freedom of Speech is Under Threat From Zionism