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Palantir's Controversial Manifesto Sparks UK MPs' Outrage

4/21/2026

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Palantir Technologies, a US spy-tech company, published a manifesto praising American power and demeaning certain cultures.
The manifesto called for a military draft and warned of autonomous weapons, drawing UK MPs' condemnation as "the ramblings of a supervillain."
Labour MP Rachael Maskell says Palantir seeks policy influence and mishandles data, while Palantir maintains its software improves NHS operations and the firm holds over £500 million in UK contracts.

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Palantir Technologies, a US spy-tech company, published a manifesto praising American power and demeaning certain cultures.
The manifesto called for a military draft and warned of autonomous weapons, drawing UK MPs' condemnation as "the ramblings of a supervillain."
Labour MP Rachael Maskell says Palantir seeks policy influence and mishandles data, while Palantir maintains its software improves NHS operations and the firm holds over £500 million in UK contracts.