Investigation: Palantir analyzes EU citizens' messages under Chat Control
A temporary EU law allows tech companies to scan private messages for child abuse material, then share data with U.S. firm Palantir.
What to know
- EU citizens' private messages scanned under the temporary Chat Control law since 2021 are being analyzed by Palantir software before being shared with the U.S. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
- Tech companies processed at least 22 million images and 2+ million videos from EU users in 2024 alone; NCMEC received 21 million abuse reports in 2025, processed by only 25 analysts relying on Palantir's algorithms.
- EU legislators and security experts—including those who helped design Chat Control—were unaware Palantir was involved, raising questions about transparency and oversight of the data pipeline.
- Palantir is controversial for its CIA origins and current contracts with the Trump administration's ICE and with Israeli military; its role in processing EU citizens' data is now a major privacy and security concern.
The Palantir involvement is a serious scandal that reveals covert mass surveillance of EU citizens and unaccountable data sharing with controversial contractors.
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“Private chats and emails reported via # ChatControl 1.0 are ending up in # Palantir systems - scandalous!”
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Arvid Grange Investigative journalistJohn Shehan NCMEC vice presidentBart Preneel Data security expertPalantir Data analysis contractorNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) U.S. child protection organization
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As expected. It's funded by Palantir, along with many other redacted collaborators.
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„ Now companies such as Google, Microsoft, Snap and Meta [whatsapp, Instagram] are actively scanning EU citizens private messages“ - https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private
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>_< https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private
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EU citizens' private messages flow through Palantir's systems under "Chat Control" law. Nobody in Parliament knew. The company that helps ICE with deportations now analyses your encrypted chats. That's the collaboration they didn't mention. https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private
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Huh, Orwellian nightmare laws, in conjunction with evil overlords bent on extracting all value from humans, turns out to have some side effects. Who could have known? And for what it’s worth, these are the last people on earth I would trust collecting csam material. Why are we feeding the Epstein class fresh victims directly? # palantir # eu #…
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RE: https:// digitalcourage.social/@echo_pb reyer/117440060657522561 Too many of you are still on Discord. You really don't need all those features with a good bouncer like soju. Come back to IRC[v3] (don't @-me about matrix, I don't want it).
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RE: https:// digitalcourage.social/@echo_pb reyer/117440060657522561 Private chats og e-mails rapporteret via # ChatControl 1.0 ender i # Palantir systemer Dette omfatter direkte beskeder på Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype og Xbox samt e-mails via Gmail.
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🇪🇸 Chats privados y correos escaneados bajo la # ChatControl 1.0 acaban en sistemas de Palantir. Entre los servicios afectados: mensajes directos en Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype y Xbox, además del correo vía Gmail. Detalles: https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private # StopScanningMe
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🇮🇹 Chat privati ed e-mail scansionati con la # Chatcontrollo 1.0 finiscono in sistemi Palantir. Tra i servizi coinvolti: messaggi diretti su Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype e Xbox, oltre alle e-mail via Gmail. Dettagli: https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private # StopScanningMe
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🇫🇷 Des chats privés scannés dans le cadre de la # ChatControle 1.0 se retrouvent dans des systèmes Palantir. Notamment les messages directs sur Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype et Xbox, ainsi que les e-mails via Gmail. Détails : https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private # StopScanningMe
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🇪🇺 Private chats and emails reported via # ChatControl 1.0 are ending up in # Palantir systems - scandalous! This includes direct messages on Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype and Xbox, as well as emails via Gmail. Details: https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private # StopScanningMe
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🇩🇪Private Chats und Mails aus der # Chatkontrolle 1.0 landen ausgerechnet in Palantir-Systemen - skandalös! Betroffen u.a. Direktnachrichten über Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype, Xbox, Gmail. Details hier: https:// arvidgrange.substack.com/p/inv estigation-eu-citizens-private # StopScanningMe