Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. George Orwell’s famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four turns 70 years ...

He lived through two World Wars and wrote '1984' between them ... highlights how government surveillance, propaganda and war can become a reality. Here are some quotes from the book that have ...

1984-like surveillance is possible through a range ... problems that make up the world that we’re in?” The scholar quotes Orwell’s famous line from a 1938 New Leader essay: “It is not ...

So what makes a 1949 sci-fi novel so compelling 68 years later? Check out these 1984 quotes that are horrifyingly relevant in 2017. 1984 takes place in Airstrip One (formerly Great Britain), in ...

The Guardian quotes him as saying the world "needs a 'Geneva convention for the internet" to safeguard data and combat the threat of massive clandestine digital surveillance." Cannataci recognises ...

The resources for faking information as well as the technology available for constant visual surveillance and ... of any information. She quotes “1984″'s torturer, O’Brien: “You believe ...

A review of 'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5," Raoul Peck's documentary about the writing of 1984 and how Orwell's ideas apply to Trump and modern fascism.

1984-like surveillance is possible through a range ... problems that make up the world that we’re in?” The scholar quotes Orwell’s famous line from a 1938 New Leader essay: “It is not ...