Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining

Palantir is assisting the IRS in analyzing massive-scale data sets to investigate financial crimes using its Lead and Case Analytics platform, with a contract exceeding $130 million. The system raises privacy concerns due to data consolidation and Palantir's history in surveillance. The initiative, launched under Trump and expanded under Biden, has shifted IRS focus toward investigating 'left-leaning groups.'