squeeveillance

Then, I examine squeeveillance as the use of cuteness in the way Ring operates. I use the TV show Ring Nation (2022–present) to discuss the remediation of cute footage from doorbell cameras onto other media, before discussing the ways in which cuteness is performed as a normalisation of surveillance power.

Squeeveillance: Performing Cuteness to Normalise Surveillance Power Garfield Benjamin Solent University 2026

“squeeveillance,” the idea that people will let cute things surveil them

Bruce Sterling @bruces (@bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) 2026

I also do buy into “squeeveillance,” the idea that people will let cute things surveil them.

Surveillance Finds a Way Jason Koebler 2026