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单词 sousveillance
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sousveillancen.

Brit. /suːˈveɪləns/, /suːˈveɪln̩s/, U.S. /suˈveɪləns/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sousveillance.
Etymology: < French sousveillance (1843 or earlier; rare before the 20th cent.) < sous- sous- prefix + -veillance (in surveillance surveillance n.).
Close observation or recording of the government, police, etc., by members of the public, typically using personal devices such as video cameras and smartphones. Also: the recording or documenting by members of the public of their own or other people’s activities using such devices. Often contrasted with surveillance.
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2001 S. Mann & H. Niedzviecki Cyborg iv. 173 It is possible that society would do well to place certain large organizations under greater scrutiny than a shopper at the local convenience store or someone walking down a public sidewalk. I call this public scrutiny of establishments/government ‘sousveillance’.
2015 J. Silverman Terms of Service 136 The rise of wearable computing and cheap, portable digital cameras and smartphones has contributed to a phenomenon known as sousveillance, in which people participating in an activity, such as a protest, film it..in order to transmit their message to a wider audience.
2020 @PA_Appeals 16 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Dec. 2020) If the police have unprecedented surveillance capability, the general public needs the counterweight of sousveillance. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, afterall.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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