Abuse
Powering ICE raids and deportations
2019Palantir's case-management systems have been central to ICE operations targeting people for arrest and removal. Amnesty International warned the work risks contributing to human-rights violations.
Abuse
Predictive policing in LA and New York
2018Palantir quietly ran predictive-policing programs feeding person and location data into risk scores criticized for automating and entrenching racial bias.
Contract
$30M contract to build 'ImmigrationOS'
2025Palantir took a contract to build ICE a system for near-real-time tracking to accelerate deportations — the most explicit surveillance-for-removal product yet.
Abuse
Searches run for ICE and an abortion case
2025Reporting found local police running Flock's national camera network on behalf of ICE, and a search tied to a woman who self-managed an abortion — using cameras funded by unrelated towns.
Investigation
Cameras installed without permits
2024Flock installed surveillance cameras on public roads in multiple states without required permits or approvals, prompting removals and investigations.
Abuse
AI towers watch the border
2020Anduril's autonomous towers use AI to detect and track people crossing the border, extending persistent surveillance over migrants and nearby communities.
Contract
Labeling the Pentagon's targeting data
2025Scale AI won multimillion-dollar defense deals to apply its data-labeling and Donovan platform to military intelligence and targeting, putting a consumer AI-labeling firm at the center of automated warfare.
Investigation
Epstein-linked money behind a 911 firm
2019Reporting documented that Ehud Barak chaired Carbyne (formerly Reporty) and that Jeffrey Epstein-linked funds helped finance his stake — placing a surveillance-adjacent 911 company inside the Epstein network.