surveillance society
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In Pakistan, the girls are hemmed in by a surveillance society in which confidences cannot be shared over tapped phones.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
They have also changed American culture, making the surveillance society ever more normalized and omnipresent.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2021
While some parents welcomed the move, others called it "ridiculous" and a sign of "a surveillance society".
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2018
A surveillance society can have many Big Brothers and Sisters watching us, rather than just a single all-powerful one.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2017
These stories are often framed as tales of normal people getting revenge on snooping tech bros—an understandable and fundamentally American reaction to a creeping surveillance society.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2016
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