The UK's CMA just forced Google to let news publishers opt out of AI Overviews without vanishing from Search. Martha Dark of tech justice nonprofit Foxglove argues this is a landmark win — and a blueprint regulators in the EU, Brazil and beyond should follow next.
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The UK has shown intervention is possible, writes Foxglove co-executive director Martha Dark. Now other regulators must act, she says.
As questions grow over its NHS data deal, Palantir’s recent contract losses in the UK highlight concerns about procurement rules, escalating prices and overstated benefits, writes Martha Dark.
💥 New DSIT report has recommended government cancel the NHS contract with Palantir and has said Britain's reliance on Palantir is an "unacceptable point of weakness".
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@foxglovelegal.bsky.social & partners have been challenging Palantir's role in the NHS since 2020 and our work doesn't stop here. Join the fight: nopalantir.org.uk/about-palant...
As Palantir's recent UK contract losses highlight concerns over procurement, pricing and the lack of evidence behind its claims, writes Martha Dark.
The US tech company has been involved with bodies including the NHS and the Financial Conduct Authority. A new parliamentary report warns the government risks becoming overreliant on the firm, potenti...
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Catch @dncampbell.bsky.social on the BBCJeremy Vine show 🔥 with Palantir’s Louis Mosley today. 👇
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social's @dncampbell.bsky.social will be on the BBC Jeremy Vine show today @ 12:30 alongside Palantir's Louis Mosley. He will be talking about why MPs were right to say Palantir should have no place in our NHS this week.
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@foxglovelegal.bsky.social's @dncampbell.bsky.social for @lbc.co.uk on SIT's report on Palantir and the NHS today.
"A firm obsessed with dominance like Palantir shouldn’t be at the centre of our state"
I wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social about the UK Competition and Markets Authority's landmark decision (following @foxglovelegal.bsky.social 's complaints) re Google's AI products in search.
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Palantir: An unfit partner for our NHS Palantir is a huge US technology corporation, headquartered in Colorado. It was founded in 2003 by a Silicon Valley billionaire called Peter Thiel, who spent ove...
This fills me with joy on google AIO summaries today 😂😂😂 @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
Palantir shouldn’t play such a significant role in the UK public sector, a new report by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee warns, stressing that it’s not the only company ca...
Should we really be handing more and more parts of our public services to Big Tech firms, whose leaders are not particularly keen on democracy? writes Donald Campbell
Our Director of Advocacy @dncampbell.bsky.social asked Louis Mosley today whether all hospitals using Palantir's FDP tools are actually seeing benefits in scheduling more operations, or are the boasts about FDP delivering new operations across the NHS just marketing spin? We didn't get an answer:
