Sales of George Orwell's 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts' | Books Sales of George Orwell’s dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase “alternative facts” in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth best-selling book on Amazon. Comparisons were made with the term “newspeak” used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at eliminating personal thought and also “doublethink”. The connection was initially made on CNN’s Reliable Sources. Conway’s use of the term was in reference to White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s comments about last week’s inauguration attracting “the largest audience ever”. In 1984, a superstate wields extreme control over the people and persecutes any form of independent thought.
UK security agencies unlawfully collected data for decade | World news British security agencies have secretly and unlawfully collected massive volumes of confidential personal data, including financial information, on citizens for more than a decade, senior judges have ruled. The investigatory powers tribunal, which is the only court that hears complaints against MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, said the security services operated an illegal regime to collect vast amounts of communications data, tracking individual phone and web use and other confidential personal information, without adequate safeguards or supervision for 17 years. Privacy campaigners described the ruling as “one of the most significant indictments of the secret use of the government’s mass surveillance powers” since Edward Snowden first began exposing the extent of British and American state digital surveillance of citizens in 2013. “The BPD regime failed to comply with the ECHR principles which we have above set out throughout the period prior to its avowal in March 2015.
History - Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Context Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security | US news US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden. The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have broadly compromised the guarantees that internet companies have given consumers to reassure them that their communications, online banking and medical records would be indecipherable to criminals or governments. The agencies, the documents reveal, have adopted a battery of methods in their systematic and ongoing assault on what they see as one of the biggest threats to their ability to access huge swathes of internet traffic – "the use of ubiquitous encryption across the internet". But security experts accused them of attacking the internet itself and the privacy of all users.
Welcome to dystopia – George Orwell experts on Donald Trump | The panel Jean Seaton: The seeds were sown during the George W Bush era Reading George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four again, now, hurts. And I’m not the only one to be revisiting it: sales of the book have soared in the past week. What you had previously thought you read at a cool, intellectual distance (a great book about “over there”, somewhere in the past or future) now feels intimate, bitter and shocking. Orwell is writing of now when he writes, “Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller.” Of course, we all have to keep our heads (especially we have to keep our heads). The post-truth era certainly shares aspects of the dystopian world of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Then there is privacy – Orwell puts the diary and the private self at the heart of his writing. But this new world has been a while coming. Yet these are the obvious big lies. Trump is not O’Brien. Tim Crook: Trump takes doublethink to a new extreme Orwell never set foot in America.
Utopian and dystopian fiction Genres of literature that explore social and political structures Utopian and dystopian fiction are genres of speculative fiction that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction portrays a setting that agrees with the author's ethos, having various attributes of another reality intended to appeal to readers. More than 400 utopian works in the English language were published prior to the year 1900, with more than a thousand others appearing during the 20th century.[2] This increase is partially associated with the rise in popularity of genre fiction, science fiction and young adult fiction more generally, but also larger scale social change that brought awareness of larger societal or global issues, such as technology, climate change, and growing human population. Subgenres[edit] Utopian fiction[edit] Dystopian fiction[edit] Dystopias usually extrapolate elements of contemporary society, and thus can be read as political warnings. Examples[edit] Combinations[edit] See also[edit]
Revealed: Rio Tinto's plan to use drones to monitor workers' private lives | World news In the remote Australian outback, multinational companies are embarking on a secretive new kind of mining expedition. Rio Tinto has long mined the Pilbara region of Western Australia for iron ore riches but now the company is seeking to extract a rather different kind of resource – its own employees, for data. Thousands of Rio Tinto personnel live in company-run mining camps, spending not just work hours but leisure and home time in space controlled by their employer – which in this emerging era of smart infrastructure presents the opportunity to hoover up every detail of their lives. Rio Tinto is no stranger to using technology to improve efficiency, having replaced human-operated vehicles with automated haul trucks and trains controlled out of a central operations centre in Perth. The company is embarking on an attempt to manage its remaining human workers in the same way, and privacy advocates fear it could set a precedent that extends well beyond the mining industry.
Big Brother Trump Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen-Eighty-Four is a novel published by George Orwell in 1949. It was his last work, written shortly before his death from a tubercular haemorrhage in 1950. It presents a dystopian view of a world which has been taken over by totalitarianism. The novel’s main protagonist, Winston Smith, briefly attempts small forms of resistance against the Party, which rules with the figurehead of Big Brother. In the ideological context of the mid-20th-century cold war between American-style capitalism and the communism of the Soviet Union, the novel was frequently co-opted as a propaganda tool. Indeed due to its vast popularity, Orwell scholars such as Bernard Crick have complained of its widespread misinterpretation; it should, Crick suggested, be read as a satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift. Much of the novel’s phraseology and many of its ideas have passed into general use.
Who: George Orwell, member of the totalitarian government
Where: England, London
When: write in the late 1940s, speak about 1984
What: The Totalitarian government control what people think and what they believe in. They are watching you everywhere even in your home, with the TV screen and you can’t turn it off. You can’t have close friend, be in love, date or have sex. They are fulfilling your head with propaganda. by naedenoec.sai Nov 17
WHO : George Orwell a member of the totalitarian governement
WHEN : 1984 (publication of the book : 1940s)
WHERE : London a depressing place
WHAT : The governement try to control what people think and know how people spend all minutes of their lifes. There is lot of things that you aren’t allowed to do for exemple have relationship or close friends is forbidden. by diazj.sai2024 Nov 16
WHO : author : George Orwell. characters : Big brother, civilians, people of a totalitarian government.
WHERE : set in a dthe epressing London, the
WHEN : 1984, the book is set in the 1940'
WHAT : It's a book about totalitarianism. Writen by G. Orwell and inspired by the Nazi Germany. G.Orwell imagined a story that takes place in London and where the government is changed into a totalitarian government by fillolf.sai Nov 16
WHO: written by George Orwell, Big Brother (character), the leader of the totalitarian government
WHERE: based on Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, set in the UK, a depressing version of London without enough food and clothes
WHEN: written in the late 1940s , set in 1984
WHAT: a totalitarian government that is always watching and that tries to control all aspects of people's lives, a war that no one really understands, causing deaths in the streets, a lot of things you're not allowed to do, like have close friends or be in love, or the police will put you in a forced labor camp, the government forces people to watch it's programming and constantly fills their heads with propaganda by hughesm.sai Nov 16
WHO: George Orwell
WHERE: London, depressing place
WHEN: 1984, in the late 1940s
WHAT: In his book , the main charactere is Winston Smith. The totalitarian government wants to control all aspects of live and did propaganda. People are being watched 24/7 . This government is based on Soviet union and Germany. by planchem.sai Nov 16
WHO : George Orwell ( a writer)
WHERE : London, England . London, a depressing place with never enough to eat or food is disgusting and there are no more clothes.
WHEN : in 1940s
WHAT : George Orwell wrote a book named "1984" about the totalitarism in London. He wrote a story to speak about government who's controled every aspect of life and to explain to us what the people had to do or not. People had to watch the government program and to attend pep rallies but they aren't allowed to have close friends, to be in love and to have dates or sex. by anxionnam.sai Nov 16
Who : Orwell
When : 1984
Where: England / London
What: George Orwell wrote a book named "1984 " which depicts a dystopian world where the Party, led by Big Brother, controls every aspect of citizens' lives through surveillance, propaganda, and thought manipulation. Winston Smith's rebellion against this oppressive regime explores themes of totalitarianism, censorship, and the manipulation of truth by bocht.sai Nov 16
Who : George Orwell
When : 1984
Where: London, depressing place
What : Orwell wrote the book « 1984 ». He talks about the totalitarian government. He says « Big brother is watching you » because the government installed the CCTV cameras in the street. by chretienm.sai Nov 16
WHO: George Orwell
WHAT: George orwell wrote "1984" in this book he speak about the totalitarian government. The government try to control the life, the think and the believe of the people. He say "Big brother is watching you" because the government have hidden cameras and microphones everywhere. People are not allowed to have close friends, be in love or have sex.
WHERE: London, depressing place
WHEN: in 1940s by arpine.sai Nov 15
WHO : George Orwell
WHERE : London, depressing place
WHEN : late 1940s
WHAT : He write « 1984 ». In this book a totalitarian government and a thought police control your life even in private with cameras, microphones and TV. You are allowed to say , think and believe what they say and only watch the government program on TV. You are not allowed to have close friends , be in love… They say « Big brother is watching you » by dematosc.sai Nov 15
Who: George Orwell
Where: in London
When: in 1940s
What: George Orwell is writing 1984, in this book, the main character is Winston Smith the government want to control what people think. The government is watching people every times. People are not allowed to have relationship. In London, rockets explode. The government is doing a propaganda. by mousseuxj.sai Nov 10
WHO: George Orwell
WHERE: in London
WHEN: in 1940s
WHAT: he is writing 1984, in his book, the government tries to control what people think and believe, London is pretty dilapidated, and rockets explode in the streets. The government is always watching everything people do. Isn’t allowed to have close friends, to being in love, to date and sex. The government is filling heads with propaganda. The main character of 1984 is Winston Smith. by pernetm.sai Nov 10
Who: George Orwell and the gouvernement
Where: London, England
When: 1984 written in the late 1940's
What: everyone is being watched by the gouvernement, there are hidden cameras everywhere even in your house. There are rules that everyone needs to follow like you can't have any close friends and you can't be in love but you have to watch the gouvernement programing on TV and you have to attend pep rallies. All you can think about is propaganda.
This book was written to see what it would be like if England was being controlled by the gouvernement instead of being a free country by hyvrardpe2.sai2023 Nov 7
good job but a few mistakes:
The novel was writTEN In THE 1940's about the year 1984.
WHAT It's a video about the novel "1984" of George Orwell that IS about a totalitarian goverNment who tries to control everythinG: THE Media, opinions, minds, actions ... The goverment watchES everytime everythinG and useS the sentence " Big Brother is watching you ". If the people break the law they will be arrested and senT to a horrible labor camp. by gilliersev Nov 6
There are so many mistakes that your text is not always clear
who: Georges Orwell who WROTE about totalitarian gouvernement (NB: WHO= the main characters in the story)
where:England
when :in 1984
what: George Orwell WROTE a nOvel TO denounce O totalitarian governmentS .this government wantS to control every aspect of life.in the dystopian future "Book London" (???) is depressing ,the good (FOOD???) is disgusting except for this giant shaped government buildings (THIS SENTENCE MAKES NO SENSE).the woRst things is that THE government IS watching everythinG people do.if you don't FOLLOW the rules of society the police WILL take you and throw you in A labor camp . by gilliersev Nov 6
who: Georges Orwell who talk about totalitarian gouvernement
where:England
when :in 1984
what: George Orwell whrite a nouvel for denounce the totalitarian government .this government want to control every aspect of life.in the dystopian future Book London is depressing ,the good is disgusting except for this giant shaped government buildings .the wost things is that government watching everythings people do.if you don't do the rules of society the police take you and throw you in labor camp . by balikcia.sai Nov 6
Be careful: some mistakes make the text difficult to understand (correction in capital letters)
WHAT: The video is about O A totalitarian government which controlS the population so IT is about O totalitarianism.In the book of George Orwell, he describeS London as a totalitarian society .As a maTter of fact,he says that THERE IS A LACK OF food, clothes and theRE ARE rockets which fall everywhere.
He wants to show people WHAT HAPPENS when a government keeps control of everything and who threatens liberty.
It means making propaganda by controlling TV programs,what people think, WHAT they believe IN, and monitoring private, public life with hidden cameraS. by gilliersev Nov 6
very good but "its" VS "it's" + it denounceS by gilliersev Nov 6
Who: George Orwell and the Government
Where: London, England.
When: He wrote 1984 in the late 1940s.
What : The book is regarding totalitarianism and the way the government controls everything and everybody. It's a world that's just like the soviet's one throughout the second world war, people are not allowed to try and do something. They need to respect each single rule that the government created. If you do not respect some rules like not smitten anybody, date or jazz with anybody then you'd be sent to force labor camp. There square measure cameras and microphones everywhere town ensuring that nobody breaks the principles rules. This shows how confident the government is about being able to control minds.
We can call it propaganda. by labichet.sai Nov 6
not very long and quite a few mistakes...
Who: The government and some normal PEOPLE
Where: London, England
When: the book was written in 1940s but the story happenS in 1984
What: It's about A society wHich is under control so the population is being watched by the government and there ARE roles thEY have to follow and if THEY don't respect them there ARE conSEquenCes so it's like theY ARE a under a totalitarian regime by gilliersev Nov 5