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Palantir sues magazine that revealed Switzerland rejected its approaches (www.ft.com)

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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, they sued the magazine for not wanting to post their rebuttal, which they are obligated to under Swiss law. I'm not saying it's not a little silly, but they didn't sue them for the article.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thank you for the correction. While the headline is technically correct, it's misleading in that it connects the suing directly to the published article.

Republik’s managing director Katharina Hemmer said Palantir had wanted the magazine to publish a very lengthy counterstatement to each article. Republik believed the proposed statements did not fairly address or rebut the reporting, she said, adding that the magazine stands by its reporting.

While right of reply actions are a common tool in Switzerland, it is unusual for a large international company to file one against a local media organisation.

Yeah, to hell with Palantir and full support to the publication.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 9 points 2 days ago

Bundesrecht Art. 28g:

1 Any person whose personality rights are directly affected by a representation of events in periodically appearing media, especially the press, radio or television, shall have a right of reply.

2 There is no right of reply in respect of accurate reports of the public dealings of an authority in which the affected person took part.

I'm not an expert on Swiss law, but I don't see any reason that they'd be entitled to a reply...? Let's hope the courts see it the same way. Bullying small independent media for their factual reporting is just low.