Say No to Palantir in Europe (action.wemove.eu)

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[−] niekiepriekie 47d ago
But it’s already widespread in Europe, or at least in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Airport uses it, as do the Dutch police and the Dutch army. So shouldn’t it be: kick out Palantir?
[−] illiac786 47d ago
Literally the second bullet point:

> Review and phase out existing contracts with the company.

[−] thomasgeelens 47d ago
Oh man I'm in NL, didn't know that, that's. .. dark.
[−] inaros 47d ago
"Dutch police also use controversial AI intelligence software by American Palantir" - https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/22/dutch-police-also-use-controve...

"Palantir is well on its way to conquering Europe" - https://www.euractiv.com/news/palantir-is-well-on-its-way-to...

[−] hashstring 47d ago
Amsterdam Airport? Source?
[−] niekiepriekie 47d ago
Well, i don’t have a source. Its very hush hush, as even the part that the police is using it has been leaked by a redacted document. It’s crazy.

https://www.privacynieuws.nl/binnenlands-nieuws/politie-en-j...

[−] hashstring 47d ago
Hm, ok, but you suspect that Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol Group I suppose) is using it?
[−] epolanski 47d ago
Instantly signed up.

I'm already moving most of my clients out of any US-based offering.

Azure and Jira are sticky, but they'll be out sooner or later.

[−] tankenmate 47d ago
Jira is Australian.
[−] KellyCriterion 47d ago
Ex-Colleagues are launching a startup right now: No US-Services from the beginning on, only OpenSource and this new EU-Office thingy.

I think more companies will join the train? Esp new & smaller ones, for sure there is no option for bigCorp like ASML to be free of US-cloud, but maybe its gaining traction.

[−] gip 47d ago
Surprised by this take. Building a startup is already insanely hard. So I wouldn’t like to add more challenge by spending time integrating with non-US services if they are not top just because of my political views.

I feel a better answer is for Europe to build real, competitive alternatives to US services.

[−] shofmn 46d ago
This is just one example, but I think worth sharing:

I've been running a new solution in beta for a while and am about to go commercial (Germany). In my solution, it's essential to keep personal data safe and ensuring the customer it's not shared with anybody else.

I used Azure and AWS in the past, but stopped. Using only German data centers & services is a selling point for my customers and builds additional trust. Aside the initial effort, I don't see any big technological disadvantages for my use-case and actually pay less now for operating everything.

[−] cineticdaffodil 47d ago
The eu can not move and function in any capacity standalone. The moment the is dropped out the eu tried to fill that hole with the other allies atoll.
[−] tinodb 47d ago
So now you know how much it matter :)
[−] cbeach 47d ago
I love seeing companies set meritocracy aside for partisan political posturing.

All people who run companies should relish their competition behaving sub-optimally.

[−] port11 41d ago
I love seeing regular people defend meritocracy as if we didn’t have plenty of examples of how the game is rigged and money-is-power-is-political-influence.

God forbid a business makes some ethical choices.

[−] Schmerika 47d ago

> sub-optimally

Optimal for society? Optimal for the Epstein class? Or do you mean optimal for the owner, personally, in the very short term?

Because that's the choice people are making these days. It's not really "partisan political posturing" to divest from countries running pedo blackmail rings on the world, or arming genocide, or bombing hundreds of schools. Targeting journalists, then lying about them to try and justify it. Pulling the plug on incubators. Targeting entire families with shoddy AI. Bombing civilian power plants and ambulances and hospitals and so on and on.

There's nothing partisan or posturing about saying "fuck all that". That's just your duty as a human being, the basic bare minimum. That duty doesn't get discarded just because you run a company or have evil competitors trying to race you to the bottom.

When companies are complicit with committing heinous atrocities at scale, and screwing up the world economy for their own gain, I find very little 'merit' in that. Is 'meritocracy' a purely financial term in your view? Do 'respect for life' and 'trust' and other nebulous concepts (which don't immediately affect the balance sheet) have merit?

[−] polyamid23 47d ago
What new EU-Office thingy?
[−] pimeys 47d ago
[−] SlightlyLeftPad 47d ago
Good news, Atlassian is technically an Australian company.
[−] beerws 47d ago
I of course do not know your specific usage and requirements, but Berlin-based OpenProject might be a suitable and mature Jira-alternative for you - in addition to being outside US jurisdiction their services are available both on-prem/self-hosted and cloud-based.

They even have a specific Jira-migration tool: https://www.openproject.org/docs/installation-and-operations...

[−] lokimedes 47d ago
Even Alex Karp openly recommends European countries to roll their own alternatives. If anyone in Europe insists on Palantir it’s by their own volition.

The hard work is integration and data workflows, that is hard work regardless of the chosen “exploitation interface”.

[−] linhns 47d ago
Europe can regulate anything out. Palantir should be no different.
[−] periodjet 47d ago

> Our political system has served the elite and maximised profit for too long, and now we’re seeing devastating effects on our environment, our economy, our democracy, and our everyday lives. That’s because the systems that are currently in place are built to benefit the rich and powerful. We want a better Europe. One that takes climate action seriously, puts well-being first, welcomes those seeking refuge with open arms, listens to the needs of people, and protects nature.

These people are telling themselves (and others) stories of their own creation, disconnected from any empirical testing of the reality around them. Disturbing to witness, particularly how many people read something like this and without a shred of critical thought say “damn, that sounds good! Sign me up!”

[−] gobdovan 47d ago
'Say "Yes" to Palantir not coming to Europe' - would have been the wording if the vote were organized by Romanian politicians. (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Romanian_presidential_imp...)
[−] renewiltord 47d ago
Oh boy, I'm looking forward to the brand new EU program to allocate one million dollars to eligible startups that can develop a weapons and targeting platform so long as all forms are filed well and a registered notary has read out the bill to all participants and each participant has read out the application so that informed consent is received.
[−] karl11 47d ago
I don't think there has ever been a company so poorly understood (willfully or otherwise) as Palantir. They make a software platform, it does not come with any data, does not come connected to any datasources, etc. You can literally sign up right now for a trial and see this for yourself. It looks the same if you were to purchase a license. This headline might as well say 'Say No to PostgreSQL' or 'Say No to Excel' or 'Say No to Salesforce', etc. Wild.
[−] michele_f 40d ago
Palantir is currently used by Unicredit.
[−] grokcodec 47d ago
"powerful company enables genocide in Gaza" first sentence flags this as a complete load of malarcky
[−] bicx 47d ago
No to Palantir in Europe
[−] BurningFrog 47d ago
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[−] avazhi 47d ago
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[−] simianwords 47d ago
How do we differentiate between genuine empathy and love for the world and simple virtue signalling?

If USA weren't the one safeguarding (contentious but please read on) the world and its modern interests then we would end up with something much worse.

If you only focus locally, it is quite easy to dismiss any form of killing, any form of surveillance and any form of inconvenience. This is "Defund the Police" meme all over again.

I gain social points by showing my disgust against the killings and murder done by the west. I gain nothing by promoting what they safeguard and promote that is necessary for the world to function. Such dynamics will lead to self ownage at the long run but social status points for oneself in the short term.

[−] nicklo 47d ago
or say yes? decel mentality like this is why europe is falling behind. some poor startup will try to backfill these contracts to be the new palantir of europe only to be cut at the knees by regulation and more outcry think piece boycotts like this. rinse and repeat until the us and china become the only relevant acceleration hubs on earth during the singularity
[−] redanddead 47d ago
say no to palantir in america too

they're giving startups an awful name in the eyes of the people, supposedly by the guy teaching others how to do startups, good grief

[−] mrlonglong 47d ago
The UK has decided to terminate Palantir contracts when they become due for renewal. Not before time.
[−] __natty__ 47d ago
I wonder what the alternative for Europe might be? A new project to launch, or is there an existing solution? Siren? Argon? In any case, it could be a great opportunity for Europe to create new jobs whilst increasing its sovereignty.