Mastodawn

Palantir crawls further under the skin of the UK State ⚠️

Yet another contract has been awarded to the spytech firm with links to ICE and war crimes in Gaza. This time covering… firearms, explosives and poison 💀

We need to move away from controversial US firms and back Digital Sovereignty.

https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/06/04/palantir-wins-9m-contract-to-run-uk-firearms-licensing-cia-backed-biz-to-hold-gun-bomb-and-poison-records/5251132

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Palantir wins £9M contract to run UK firearms licensing: CIA-backed biz to hold gun, bomb, and poison records

Pips Accenture and NEC to bag decade-long deal for cops across England, Wales, and beyond

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jack Jun 5

@openrightsgroup for £9million? for a government contract? that's pocket change... why are they giving it to Palantir rather than Literally Any UK Software Firm

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richh

@jackeric @openrightsgroup Presumably lowest bidder. It’s not a tremendously complex application - basic CRUD plus some integrations/flags with other databases. For a 10yr contract though, £900k/yr doesn’t feel enough, which means it’s probably a loss-making contract to get their foot in the door to the Police, same playbook they did with the NHS.