Meaning of geoslavery | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of geolocation and geosurveillance technologies to monitor and control individuals in a coercive or surreptitious manner, with the control being overpowering and uncompensated.

uncountable

Examples

“Images of antebellum plantation society aside, geoslavery has become an accepted practice among employers wary of misuse of company vehicles — whether the worker who disappears for an hour is pursuing an extramarital affair or monopolizing a stool at the donut shop[…]”

“As a worst-case scenario, some scholars have also contemplated the possibility of geoslavery in this age of ubiquitous computing[…]”

CEFR level