Analysis | The world 9/11 created: The sprawling, dark legacy of U.S. counterterrorism

“When state intelligence systems led, driven by a preoccupation with counterterrorism, the private sector followed,” wrote Wesley Wark, senior fellow at Canada’s Center for International Governance Innovation. “The corporate world may eventually use drones to bring parcels to our doorsteps, but what it really grasped was the potential for mass data surveillance and analytics to find, target, exploit, and keep consumer audiences, aided by the rise of social media platforms for expansive advertisement.”

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