A photo appearing to show a CCTV camera outside the former home of George Orwell has been edited.
The image shows a large camera with a sign saying “24 hour CCTV recording in operation” in front of a house featuring a plaque that notes “George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist and political essayist lived here”.
George Orwell is perhaps best known for his novel ‘1984’, in which citizens of a totalitarian state are subject to mass surveillance.
This photo was shared on social media as early as 2012, and has recently circulated on both Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) with a caption saying: “They are trolling George Orwell’s ghost.”
However, the image has been edited—it’s part of a series called ‘Restyles of the Dead and Famous’ by photographer
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