Imagine you're playing hide and seek in your house, but the person who's counting is also hiding with you. That’s like government surveillance, it's when governments watch their own people without telling them. Sometimes they do this to keep secrets or find out if someone is sneaking around.
Examples
- A government agent secretly reads the messages of a student who is planning to protest.
- A country’s leaders track where people travel without telling them.
- The police watch a family’s house from across the street without being noticed.
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See also
- Why Do Governments Spy on Their Own People?
- Why Do Governments Spy on Their Own Citizens?
- Why Do Governments Secretly Spy on Their Own People?
- Why Do Governments Secretly Spy on Each Other?
- What is surveillance?