Palantir Contracts, NHS Gates, And Cryptographic Safe Spaces
June 12, 2026
Palantir's secret federal contracts are quietly routing algorithmic governance into Canadian military units and the UK's National Health Service, while defense expo sponsorships show the military-industrial complex buying direct access to policy makers. Microsoft faces FTC antitrust scrutiny as the same cloud architectures that power these contracts consolidate control over public data. In response, Signal alumni are building open-source encrypted workspaces to bypass corporate surveillance, and US researchers are retreating into self-censorship as political pressure replaces peer review.
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‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
Crowding the gates of a major health care conference, protesters called for Palantir to be booted out of the UK’s National Health Service over privacy concerns and political grievances.
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NDP’s Lewis slams secret federal contract with Palantir
Company calls Lewis’ comments ‘inaccurate and baseless’
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Canadian government spent tens of millions on secret Palantir contract
Records from the IJF’s Open By Default database reveal the government made over a dozen amendments to a contract with Palantir Canada to provide services to an elite unit of the military
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Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target
Over the past several years, Microsoft has largely managed to withstand populist calls to break up Big Tech while peers faced sweeping lawsuits. But a probe by the Federal Trade Commission suggests that grace period could be nearing an end. Earlier this year, Bloomberg outlined the contents of civil…
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Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
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US Researchers Say Trump’s Attack On Science Has Resulted In Self-Censorship
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The American academic research engine has long been the envy of the world. Generally well-funded, labs in the United States have been able to attract the best minds who generate breakthroug…
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Almost three-quarters of CANSEC sponsors are lobbyists
CAE, Hanwha were the two highest-paying sponsors at the 2026 defence expo.