I'm sorry, I don't see the connection. How can you determine this is an example of a surveillance state, and not an example of something else, like two people e

I'm sorry, I don't see the connection. How can you determine this is an example of a surveillance state, and not an example of something else, like two people engaging in socially-disapproved behaviour in a very public space? Is every instance of someone ending up on the internet an example of mass surveillance?