[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-protesters-demand-palantirs-removal-from-nhs-contract":10,"sections":36},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":31,"feedback":35,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":35,"total_tokens":35},756,"protesters-demand-palantirs-removal-from-nhs-contract","Protesters Rally Against Palantir at UK Health Conference","Demonstrators demanded Palantir's removal from an NHS data contract, citing privacy concerns and the company's history with US intelligence work.","Demonstrators crowded the gates of a major UK healthcare conference to demand that Palantir be stripped of its NHS contract.\n\nThe protest drew crowds carrying \"Hands Off Our NHS\" signs, directed at the US data analytics firm's growing role in the National Health Service. Demonstrators cited privacy concerns and political objections that have followed Palantir since it first emerged as a contender for NHS work. The company, co-founded by Peter Thiel and built on contracts with US intelligence and defense agencies, holds a deal to build the NHS Federated Data Platform, a system intended to unify patient data across NHS trusts. That contract was controversial before it was signed, and the opposition has not quieted since.\n\nThe protests matter because they put a public face on a debate that has mostly played out in policy papers and procurement hearings. Patient data is among the most sensitive information people generate, and public trust is a prerequisite for the systems that handle it to function. When a company's political associations and surveillance history become the story, the technical case for what it is building stops mattering to most people.\n\nPalantir is not the first US tech firm to stumble over the gap between Silicon Valley defense contracting and British public services. Winning a government contract is not the same as winning the public, and the NHS is exactly the kind of institution where that distinction carries real weight.","[\"palantir\",\"nhs\",\"privacy\",\"data\"]","2026-06-11T21:33:31.000Z","2026-06-11T23:33:17.730Z","2026-06-18T11:31:36.095Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fprotesters-demand-palantirs-removal-from-nhs-contract.webp","policy",[27,28,29,30],"palantir","nhs","privacy","data",[32],{"name":33,"url":34},"Wired","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fpalantir-protests-nhs-conference-uk\u002F",0,{"sections":37},[38,43,48,53,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102],{"name":39,"slug":40,"count":41,"latest_published_at":42},"AI","ai",2602,"2026-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"Security","security",315,"2026-07-17T19:30:00.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":25,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy",169,"2026-07-17T19:49:53.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Software","software",72,"2026-07-17T09:42:05.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]