NCMEC

Some platforms in the EU voluntarily scan private messages for child sexual abuse material and report suspicious findings to the US center NCMEC. Reports say Palantir software is used to process these reports, fuelling debate over the EU's chat control plans, since voluntary scanning already routes Europeans' private messages through US firms and authorities.

Palantir software is being used to process reports generated by the voluntary scanning of private messages on some platforms in the European Union. Platforms scan messages for suspected child sexual abuse material and forward findings to NCMEC, a US-based center, where Palantir's tools handle the analysis. Privacy advocates are raising concerns that private EU communications are being reviewed by US companies and authorities, fueling debate over encryption, surveillance, and cross-border data flows.