--- title: Surveillance is becoming a two way mirror | daily.dev description: Civilian surveillance of law enforcement is growing into an organized movement called "cop watching," with hundreds of thousands of videos documenting police... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/surveillance-is-becoming-a-two-way-mirror-rai3nc7op twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Surveillance is becoming a two way mirror | daily.dev og:description: Civilian surveillance of law enforcement is growing into an organized movement called "cop watching," with hundreds of thousands of videos documenting police... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/surveillance-is-becoming-a-two-way-mirror-rai3nc7op og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rAi3nc7op.png og:image:alt: Surveillance is becoming a two way mirror og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Surveillance is becoming a two way mirror **[Slidebean](https://daily.dev/sources/slidebean)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Civilian surveillance of law enforcement is growing into an organized movement called "cop watching," with hundreds of thousands of videos documenting police activity monthly on platforms like YouTube and Twitch. Over 15 states now explicitly protect the right to record officers in public. This grassroots use of smartphones and streaming apps is transforming surveillance from a one-way institutional tool into a two-way accountability mechanism, fundamentally shifting power dynamics in public spaces. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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