However, as The Herald reports today, officers are less likely to be taken by surprise again, thanks to the implementation of sophisticated software for the monitoring and analysis of social media sites. As well as identifying and tracking potential troublemakers, the new technology has the capacity to gauge public mood by analysing patterns and trends in millions of tweets and Facebook postings….Any reference to “anticipating” crime should ring alarm bells. This is the stuff of dystopian Orwellian nightmares about “thought crime”.
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- The ongoing Orwellian nightmare on the Connecticut River - The Recorder
- 'Orwellian': Tweets banned for saying only women can breastfeed - YouTube
- The Voice is not Orwellian, just read between the lines - The Australian Financial Review
- Many Young Americans Are Okay with Big Brother Monitoring Their ... - Reason
- Australians hearing 'Orwellian doublespeak' from Voice ... - news.com.au
- ‘Duplicitous and dishonest’: Pearson says Dutton misled him about Voice - Sydney Morning Herald
- Beyond the social cost, State Sen. Jerry Cirino’s Orwellian college clampdown has a big dollar cost: Today in - cleveland.com
- ‘Reckless’ approach to Voice risks ‘Orwellian effect’: Dutton - Sky News Australia
- Home Secretary: 'Offending someone is not a criminal offence' - The Christian Institute
- Call to regulate 'Orwellian' AI - The Saturday Paper
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1984 is now ! 
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