1. World problems
  2. Misuse of postal surveillance by governments

Misuse of postal surveillance by governments

  • Monitoring of mail

Nature

Postal monitoring may be used by government agencies to keep track of the activities of individuals or groups considered to be acting against the interests of the government. For example the postal authorities can supply listings of all the return addresses on mail received at a particular destination.

Broader

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Value

Abuse
Yet to rate

Reference

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Government » Government
  • Research, standards » Inspection, tests
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Post
  • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D2683
    DOCID
    11426830
    D7NID
    144428
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020