What is a census if it's not a form of mass surveillance? It's mandatory, you get in trouble for not doing it and it's a legal document, thus you can get in tr

What is a census if it's not a form of mass surveillance? It's mandatory, you get in trouble for not doing it and it's a legal document, thus you can get in trouble for not filling it out properly. How is that redefining anything? That is in itself mass surveillance... albeit manual and participatory mass surveillance, but still mass surveillance nevertheless.