Tech Giants Use Palantir Platform for NCMEC Reporting on Private Messages
What happened
Google, Meta, and Microsoft scan images and videos within users' private messages and forward flagged material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by U.S. law. NCMEC runs all resulting reports through Palantir's Foundry platform. European Commission figures indicate that nearly one million NCMEC reports concerned the EU in 2024.
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Why it matters
The scanning arrangement is based on a temporary regulation, often called Chat Control, which was recently extended until April 2028. The process highlights a conflict between U.S. legal mandates and European data sovereignty, with encrypted messaging app Signal warning it would withdraw from Europe rather than comply.
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Who's involved
- GoogleScans private messages and forwards flagged material to NCMEC
- MetaScans private messages and forwards flagged material to NCMEC
- MicrosoftScans private messages and forwards flagged material to NCMEC
- Palantir TechnologiesProvides the Foundry platform used by NCMEC to run reports
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
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The entities involved
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Meta
American technology company
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Microsoft
American multinational technology corporation
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