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Big Brother is watching you
- A warning that appears on posters throughout Oceania, the fictional dictatorship described by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Olesya has a striking image tattooed on her right leg - Russian President Vladimir Putin depicted as a spider, with an Orwellian inscription: "Big Brother is watching you."
The Stanford Review, the university’s conservative publication, sought to include as many of the disfavored terms as possible in a Monday post, titled “Big Brother is Watching You: Stanford’s New ‘Harmful Language’ Guide.â€
“You think Big Brother is watching you on the subway?â€
“You think Big Brother is watching you on the subways? You’re absolutely right. Smile, you’re on camera,†Ms. Hochul said at a press conference announcing the upgrades.
He was referencing the dystopian novel by George Orwell about a society where “Big Brother is watching you†and the “Thought Police†monitor the ideas in people’s minds.
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