The governance of the internet, though constantly evolving, has undergone three major points of evolution. Initially, it emerged as an anarchic, decentralised and informal network, driven by informal ‘network of networks.’ With the rise of commercialization and all-encompassing incentives within the internet, governance structures became more formalised and this stage became defined as the beginning of the insertion of regulatory measures. However, in contemporary times, the internet has become one containing a complex dynamic, wherein its informal and formal governance within the same space has created an intertwined, yet misaligned, and almost oxymoronic cyberspace due to the perpetuance of what I will call hyper-surveillance. This has become exposed by the onset of COVID-19 onto the world and through the utilisation of a Foucauldian and constructivist framework of thought. Findings of the research indicate that this surveillance, often done through predictive and personalised algorithms, has led to various negative, and perhaps unintended, outcomes for society and democracy. Misinformation and disinformation, echo-chambers, and polarisation are amongst the major adversities seen in contemporary cyberspace; this becomes particularly apparent not only in social media, but also has perpetuated discrimination and altered diplomatic relations offline – forming cracks on the pillars that once defined liberal democracy.