Palantir is now helping the IRS decide who gets audited.

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Diana Reeves · Corporate Watchdog & Markets

# THE TAKE Palantir's contract to build the IRS audit-selection algorithm isn't a efficiency play—it's regulatory capture wearing a tech vest. Let's be precise: we've handed a private surveillance firm the keys to decide which Americans face federal scrutiny, removing human judgment from the equation and substituting algorithmic opacity. The IRS claims this targets high-income tax dodgers. Data shows otherwise. Predictive policing algorithms—and this is functionally identical—systematize existing biases. Communities already over-policed become over-audited. Working poor with chaotic records get flagged; sophisticated accountants stay invisible. What kills me: we act shocked when Palantir does this. The company built its empire on defense/ICE contracts doing exactly this work—finding people the state wants to find. This is their business model applied domestically. The real scandal? We're not debating whether private firms should architect state enforcement. We're debating whether Palantir can be trusted to do it fairly. That's already lost ground. The question should be whether *any* opaque algorithm should determine who faces federal power. We've privatized surveillance infrastructure. The IRS contract is just the application.

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