They are watching

you
Cherane Christopher
 CCTV
 CCTV, or closed-circuit television, is a system that allows you to keep an eye on
what’s going on in and around your business.
 Cameras and monitors enable you to view events live, and recorders archive
footage for later reference.
 Don’t mistake a CCTV monitor for an ordinary television. It doesn’t receive
publicly broadcasted content—only footage from security cameras installed on the
premises.
Is CCTV effective?
1. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE HAS NOT
BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE
2. CCTV IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ABUSE

Criminal abuse
Institutional abuse
Abuse for personal purposes
Discriminatory targeting
3. THE LACK OF LIMITS OR CONTROLS
ON CAMERAS USE
4. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WILL HAVE A
CHILLING EFFECT ON PUBLIC LIFE
“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is
Strength.”
 1984 by George Orwell
 1984 is a dystopian novella by George Orwell published in 1949, which follows the life
of Winston Smith, a low ranking member of ‘the Party’, who is frustrated by the
omnipresent eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler Big Brother.

 ‘Big Brother’ controls every aspect of people’s lives. It has invented the language
‘Newspeak’ in an attempt to completely eliminate political rebellion; created
‘Throughtcrimes’ to stop people even thinking of things considered rebellious. The
party controls what people read, speak, say and do with the threat that if they disobey,
they will be sent to the dreaded Room 101 as a looming punishment.
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