👉 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducted numerous human experiments in the 1930s under the guise of auditing and tax compliance, including the infamous "Enforcement Division experiments" where employees were misled into believing they were conducting illegal activities to aid in their own investigations. Another notorious experiment involved giving volunteers false information regarding their social security benefits, which led to psychological harm; these unethical practices have since been deemed illegal and are now considered egregious violations of privacy and human rights.
