Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to deepen its ties to the UK’s NHS by buying up smaller rivals, helping avoid scrutiny and increase health data (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Palantir signs a three-year, £75M deal with the UK’s defense ministry, providing software to prompt real-time military actions and predict potential results  —  Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) has signed a three-year, 75 million pound ($91.39 million) deal with the United Kingdom’s Ministry …

Chris Bryant / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Palantir, which invested $450M since 2021 in early-stage companies via SPACs, has lost ~$333M, or 75% of its portfolio, offset against some revenue  —  Palantir Technologies Inc.’s raison d’etre is identifying patterns hidden within mountains of data.

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
TikTok and Bumble plan to use StopNCII.org’s database of hashes of nude images and videos to block revenge porn; Meta has been using it since last year  —  The UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is on now, and “revenge porn” is in focus.  But first…  Today’s must-reads:

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
The UK’s ICO plans to ensure porn websites and adult-only services are verifying users’ ages, expanding on its Age Appropriate Design Code and Children’s Code  —  The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has pledged to crack down on porn sites and other adult-only services to ensure they are taking steps …

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Palantir Q3: revenue of $478M, up 22% YoY, vs. $470M est., US commercial customer count increased 124% YoY and US commercial revenue up 53% YoY; stock down 12%+  —  – Shares of Palantir fell Monday after the company released third-quarter earnings before the bell that missed analyst estimates for earnings but beat on revenue.

Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny of deals that may give China and other adversaries access to critical technologies and personal data  —  A new executive order directs the panel screening foreign investment, Cfius, to look at deals in areas U.S. officials say are of interest to China