Definitions for mass surveillance
mass sur·veil·lance

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1. mass surveillancenoun

   The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.

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1. Mass surveillance

   Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof. Mass surveillance has been widely criticized on several grounds such as violations of privacy rights, illegality, and for preventing political and social freedoms, which some fear will ultimately lead to a totalitarian state where political dissent is crushed by COINTELPRO-like programs. Such a state may also be referred to as an Electronic Police State.

How to pronounce mass surveillance?

1. Alex

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mass surveillance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mass surveillance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mass surveillance in a Sentence

1. Dorota Glowacka:

   It’s a step toward uncontrolled mass surveillance, that’s my biggest worry.

2. Andrew Parker:

   I hope that the public debate will be a mature one ... not characterized by ill-informed accusations of 'mass surveillance', or other such lazy two-worded tags.

3. Jacob Appelbaum:

   There’s a lot of people who have conflicted interest where they’re supposed to protect Americans, but at the same time, they think they can do that by violating people’s rights constantly and recording data, especially with mass surveillance, i find this stuff to be so frustrating because while they can be sources of legitimate intelligence, there can be lots of collateral damage.

4. Tathagata Satpathy:

   It has been showcased as a tool exclusively meant for disbursement of subsidies and we do not realize that it can also be used for mass surveillance, can the government ... assure us that this Aadhaar card and the data that will be collected under it – biometric, biological, iris scan, finger print, everything put together – will not be misused as has been done by the NSA in the U.S.?

5. Arvind Krishna:

   We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies, iBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mass_Surveillance
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mass surveillance