Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations. The Swiss foreign ministry now has the company in its sights, because of its controversial role in Gaza.

Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations.

The fact remains, however, that Zurich is partly responsible for the growth strategy of Palantir, a company whose software is increasingly being used as a deadly weapon of war against civilians – and which clearly has no problem with this.

  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The fears of the Swiss army (like those of German civil society activists), namely that sensitive data could be transferred to the US, are unfounded, Palantir emphasises. According to the company, customers always retain full control over their data and all subsequent analysis and decision-making processes.

    I don’t understand how they can make this claim given the laws in the US. With a “for national security” call, US agencies can force Palantir to do all kinds of things.