surveillance society

British  

noun

1. a society where surveillance technology is widely used to monitor people's everyday activities

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Example Sentences

For some decades, the Brits were ahead of us in creating a surveillance society.

From Salon

Madonna has been spotted here and in the 1940s it was the haunt of author George Orwell - and even his worst nightmares about a surveillance society couldn't have expected the sheer number of camera-phones capturing every moment.

From BBC

Decades later, Æon Flux still presents a fresh alternative to black-and-white moralizing about life in a surveillance society.

From Slate

In Pakistan, the girls are hemmed in by a surveillance society in which confidences cannot be shared over tapped phones.

From Los Angeles Times

That brought an expanded risk of a “surveillance society,” the report said.

From Seattle Times