Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748392

_ink_

I really like what Spain is doing recently. If it weren't for climate change, I'd consider moving there.

emsign

Great news for Spain. I hope more European countries wake up to what's going on.

milanito1985

Spain is really going in the right direction, I wonder why no one countries inspire from what they are doing

Devasta

Anything short of declaring them a proscribed organization is insufficient.

gus_

Unfortunately this order will probably be revoked in 2027/2028, we'll see.

chinathrow

Look, this is not a bad thing per se, but the US reaction will tell you everything you need to know.

NooneAtAll3

why not simply make it illegal? why make it a ban specific to one company, are they trying to make their own copy?

holoduke

I find it unbelievable that the current chief of Nato (Rutte) is basically an extension of Palantir. He is making sure countries are signing contracts with this extreme company that on pair with the Nazi ideology. They would support mass extermination camps. You probably think this is over exaggerated. But no its not. This company is evil.

sequoia

"The decision stems directly from growing official concern over the potential misuse of classified information linked to national security." What are the specific concerns?

Fairburn

Someday, the US will be just a bubble where no other country gives their data to. We continue this decent into fascism to the point that nobody likes us.. or values us. Is this their idea of Utopia?

Dibby053

They seem to have been granting contracts to manage all kinds of critical data to Huawei's Palantir equivalent lately, so it's probably less about security risks and more about the current source of the bribe money. If they cared about security they would not outsource this kind of stuff to foreign companies. Spain is not Somalia, why not let Indra do it?

bpodgursky

> The firm holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), which is scheduled to expire this upcoming November. > Military leadership, including the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy, has lobbied Defense Minister Margarita Robles to renew the contract, citing the platform's operational superiority. Palantir wins contracts because they are better at what they do. If Europe wants to maintain digital sovereignty while not being left behind they need to have a heart-to-heart conversation about how to fix that.

sjsdaiuasgdia

Alex Karp is clearly off his rocker. This is a good move.

gervwyk

I mean.. just take a minute and listen to the CEO. The guy is having a hard time time. Clearly out of touch imo. https://youtu.be/0A3sGymV6kY

somelamer567

The Spanish government trusting the CCP over Palantir is wild. The CCP's intolerant, cruel and authoritarian nature is a direct threat to humanity in ways that Peter Thiel could barely imagine in his darkest dreams. The lack of perspective on show here is astonishing. They are destroying trust with vital Western allies -- trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets -- and Lurch and his dodgy friends are clearly out of their element.

madhacker

Get rid of this pestilence! Fark Palantir

localdeclan

Every country needs to do this now

lolive

Larry Ellison: « We are always glad to help ! »

arielpts

sad to see usage of this word. blocklist is easy to write.