"mass surveillance" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mass surveillance (uncountable)
  1. The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof. Wikipedia link: mass surveillance Tags: uncountable Translations (surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it): massabewaking (Afrikaans), vigilància massiva [feminine] (Catalan), massabewaking [feminine] (Dutch), massasurveillance [feminine] (Dutch), joukkovalvonta (Finnish), massavalvonta (Finnish), vixilancia masiva [feminine] (Galician), Massenüberwachung [feminine] (German), μαζική παρακολούθηση (mazikí parakoloúthisi) [feminine] (Greek), μαζική επιτήρηση (mazikí epitírisi) [feminine] (Greek), vigilância em massa [feminine] (Portuguese), supraveghere în masă [feminine] (Romanian), vigilancia masiva [feminine] (Spanish), massövervakning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mass_surveillance-en-noun-iz~FCULX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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