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‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?
An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland
TL;DR
- Journalists from the Swiss collective WAV, collaborating with Republik magazine, investigated Palantir's activities in Switzerland.
- Their investigation, published in December, alleged that Palantir had persistently courted the Swiss government but was rejected for contracts.
- Palantir sued Republik magazine for a right of reply, claiming the article contained material falsehoods and misrepresentations about its business and technology.
- The journalists and the European Federation of Journalists view the lawsuit as an intimidation campaign to suppress a negative narrative about Palantir.
- Palantir states it is exercising its legal right to reply to correct inaccuracies, asserting the article portrays routine market exploration as nefarious.