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A full court hearing is scheduled for January.","category":"Politics","area":"United Kingdom","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T05:46:18.481Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-04T05:03:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T05:46:18.481Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":70,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to named bodies, and two independent outlets corroborate the reporting.","critic":"The reporting includes quotes from legal representatives and details the next steps in the legal process.","hype":"The language used is neutral and factual, with no sensationalism or exaggeration."}},"tags":["#SadiqKhan","#Palantir","#MetropolitanPolice","#AI","#LegalDispute","#Mopac"],"entities":["Sadiq Khan","Palantir","Metropolitan Police","Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac)","High Court"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["London Mayor Sadiq Khan's emails and text messages will be searched as part of a legal dispute with Palantir.","The legal battle concerns a £50 million deal for artificial intelligence technology between the Metropolitan Police and Palantir, which the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac) blocked.","Palantir is suing Mopac, claiming the decision to block the contract was unlawful.","A full court hearing on the case is scheduled for January next year."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"London Mayor Sadiq Khan's digital communications, including emails and text messages, will be searched as part of a legal dispute with technology firm Palantir. The High Court has ordered that Khan and more than a dozen other officials from Mopac and the Greater London Authority be classified as \"custodians\" whose digital messages will be disclosed to Palantir. The search will cover communications from 1 September 2025 to 28 May 2026."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The legal battle stems from Mopac's decision in May to block a two-year, £50 million deal between the Metropolitan Police and Palantir for artificial intelligence technology. Palantir is suing Mopac, alleging the decision to block the contract was unlawful. A full hearing of the case is scheduled for January next year."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement over reasons for blocking the contract"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Palantir claims in court documents that Mopac introduced an \"unlawful veto\" by wrongly considering the firm's \"values and ethics\" when blocking the contract. Mopac, however, stated that Palantir was the only supplier the Met had seriously considered. Mopac also said the police force failed to present its procurement strategy for approval in a \"clear and serious breach\" of procedure, preventing City Hall from ensuring value for money. Mopac's lawyers argued that the Met's procurement strategy was unlawful or carried an unacceptable risk of unlawfulness, leaving Mopac with the only lawful or realistic decision."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre-rated reports mention the concerns raised by unions and activists regarding Palantir's links with the IDF and the Trump administration, which was noted in The Jewish Chronicle."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Law360","url":"https://law360.com/articles/2521137/london-mayor-to-disclose-docs-in-palantir-s-50m-police-row","headline":"London Mayor To Disclose Docs In Palantir's £50M Police Row","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T05:03:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Times","url":"https://thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/sadiq-khan-legal-battle-palantir-dp0ld60r9","headline":"Sadiq Khan’s messages to be searched in Palantir legal row","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T05:03:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"London Daily News","url":"https://londondaily.news/sadiq-khans-messages-to-be-searched-in-palantirs-50m-met-contract-case","headline":"Just a moment please..","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T05:03:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Evening Standard","url":"https://standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-emails-searched-palantir-legal-battle-met-ai-deal-b1295675.html","headline":"Sadiq Khan’s emails to be searched in Palantir legal battle over Met AI deal","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T15:47:49.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Jewish Chronicle","url":"https://thejc.com/news/uk/sadiq-khan-texts-emails-searched-palantir-met-police-vafnplwa","headline":"Sadiq Khan’s texts and emails to be searched amid Palantir Met Police row","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T14:00:09.588Z"},{"sourceName":"BBC News","url":"https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crerqz15zepo","headline":"Mayor of London's emails to be searched in Palantir legal battle","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T13:17:07.678Z"},{"sourceName":"ITV","url":"https://itv.com/news/london/2026-09-03/sadiq-khans-emails-to-be-searched-in-palantir-legal-battle-over-met-deal","headline":"Sadiq Khan's emails to be searched in Palantir legal battle over Met deal","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T12:13:37.920Z"},{"sourceName":"The Telegraph","url":"https://telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/09/03/sadiq-khan-to-hand-over-messages-in-palantir-row","headline":"Sadiq Khan to hand over WhatsApp messages in Palantir row","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T12:13:08.690Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":0,"centre":57,"right":43},"count":{"left":0,"centre":4,"right":3},"totalSources":8,"untracked":1,"rated":7,"observedAt":"2026-09-04T06:30:22.224941+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-09-04T07:30:32.501Z","closedAt":null,"checks":7,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":["Centre-rated reports focused on the High Court's order for London Mayor Sadiq Khan's emails and text messages to be searched. 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