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by kilolima 858 days ago
Corporate workplace spying on employee communication became prevalent in the 90s to prevent discrimination lawsuits. This predates what we think of as our contemporary "surveilance capitalism". There were a series of court decisions that enshrined this practice in law and since then the limits of proscribed speech have expanded.

"The Unwanted Gaze" is a good read on this subject. <https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/157389/the-unwanted...>