**US Tech Giant Palantir Sues Small Swiss Magazine Over Investigative Report** In a move that has sparked debate across Europe, Palantir, one of the world's largest tech companies, has filed a lawsuit against a small Swiss reader-funded magazine, Republik, over an investigative report published in 2025. The report, which was the result of a year-long investigation by a team of journalists from the independent Swiss research collective WAV, alleged that Palantir had persistently courted Switzerland but had been rejected. The investigation, which involved 59 freedom of information requests, made waves across Europe, prompting debate in Germany and comment from UK politicians. According to the journalists, they had interviewed company executives and sent a full list of questions before publication, but Palantir demanded that they print a detailed rebuttal that the journalists say went well beyond the scope of their investigation. When the magazine refused, Palantir filed a lawsuit in a Swiss commercial court demanding that it publish the rebuttal. In a statement, Palantir claimed that Swiss law recognized the right of reply "to provide the public with balanced information." The company stated that the details it sought to rebut were "anything but extraneous to their findings" and that the misstatements in the article spoke to "material falsehoods about Palantir's business, technology, and operations." Palantir maintained that it had sought only the publication of a concise and proportionate right of reply to correct material inaccuracies. However, the journalists from WAV and Republik argue that they adhered to all journalistic standards and had a thorough factcheck done. They claim that Palantir's demands for a rebuttal were unreasonable and that the lawsuit feels like an intimidation campaign. "It does feel like an intimidation campaign," said Marguerite Meyer, a journalist who works with WAV. "We had interviewed company executives and sent a full list of questions before publication, but Palantir demanded that we print a detailed rebuttal that went well beyond the scope of our investigation." The controversy surrounding Palantir's lawsuit has led to a wider debate about the limits of corporate power and the role of investigative journalism in holding companies accountable. In 2025, the team of WAV and Republik journalists was awarded the Prix Transparence 2025 by the Swiss FOIA Association for their work on the investigation. The magazine's editor-in-chief described the lawsuit as an attempt to silence critical voices and undermine the public's right to know.