In recent months, the United States has seen a powerful collision between the technology of Silicon Valley and the federal governance of President Donald Trump’s administration. A sweeping and controversial data initiative has been playing out under Trump’s leadership, and at the heart of it lies Palantir Technologies, a company best known for its secretive work involving governments and intelligence agencies around the world.
Now, according to an explosive New York Times report, the Trump administration has tasked Palantir with an extraordinary mission: to build a centralized master database containing sensitive personal information on every single American citizen. The implications are staggering.
So, what does this mean for the future of Americans and their private data? Click through to find out.