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this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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Is it though? Like, theres missing detail about the request to publish their talking points in addition to the original reporting, but it's a pretty fair description of the original reporting at issue. That's pretty solid as far as headlines go.
Even the article contains the right info even though the title is misleading. They aren't suing because they published the article. They are suing because the magazine refuses to publish their reply, which the magazine is legally required to publish according to swiss law.
I'm not defending palantir but no need to invent reasons to be mad at them.
I’m not defending palantir but no need to invent reasons to be mad at them.
the fuck is wrong with you
Your behaviour is indistinguishable from that of someone who is defending them, since you're arguing their side of the lawsuit. The magazine is legally required to publish a reply which is "succinct and confine[s] itself to the subject matter of the contentious representation," not any given reply that Palantir wants to make. As quoted at several removes, "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"
How often is section 28g of the civil code of Switzerland invoked?
It's still a SLAPP suit. Palantir has massively more PR resources, and if they wished to actually respond to the content of the Republik piece, they could do so.
What they are doing is trying to send a message to future reporters - report negatively on us, and we will make it very very expensive for you to respond to legal challenges.
OTOH is a huge self-own. Reporters live to get attacked by giant faceless corporations. No-one outside a small section of the Swiss reading public would have even heard of this story before Palantir decided to go nuclear.