PALANTIR'S UK BOSS BECOMES FACE OF US TECH FEARS
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Louis Mosley, Palantir's UK and Europe chief, has become a lightning rod for British concerns about American tech dominance after delivering speeches to right-wing audiences mixing Silicon Valley ideology with anti-globalism rhetoric.
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