Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DATAVEILLANCE
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dataveillance (uncountable)
The systematic surveillance of all the electronic records of a person's activities, especially the usage of credit cards, mobile phones, email and the Internet.
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