The silent partner in the global surge towards surveillance states
Behind the rise of mass surveillance, predictive policing, and the steady erosion of privacy stands an unlikely enabler: Accenture, the world’s largest consultancy firm (because nothing says “trustworthy” like emerging from the ashes of Enron’s auditors). The Accenture Files—a major new investigation by the Progressive International, Expose Accenture, and the Movement Research Unit—exposes how this corporate giant has embedded itself at the heart of security states worldwide. Through confidential documents and insider testimony, the report reveals Accenture’s pivotal role in building the infrastructure of repression, from biometric databases tracking billions to algorithms that criminalise marginalised communities before they’ve even had their morning coffee. ...