This paper explores how surveillance on social media platforms contributes to the death of democracy, and how users become complicit in this process. By examining concepts like deliberative democracy, surveillance capitalism, and data colonialism, the study highlights the ways in which targeted data collection can distort political discourse and public opinion. It argues that these platforms foster polarization, reinforce biases, and limit exposure to diverse perspectives, thus, weakening democratic processes. Finally, the paper concludes with a survey analysis that evaluates the social media habits of users, their surveillance awareness, the perceived impact of surveillance on democratic values, and their motives behind sharing private information, providing valuable insight into the role of digital surveillance in undermining democracy.
