Things that are similar in 1984 and today by Melinda Senff _ Staff - ApexHS https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2 Write down types of surveillance, manipulation of information, or suppression of individuality that might be present in today’s society en-us 2020-09-01 11:02:10 UTC 2025-11-15 14:30:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWNhYmM5OTE4Y2hlbmc0YTBiODcwbm9wYjZvNXpvcWE2d2ZwNndkMjNhbmVydWthZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/yvcLAZqb1gQco/giphy.gif https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683046444 Phones, apps, and websites tracking locations and habits


cameras in stores and schools watching.


Smart devices listening for commands and collecting data


social media algorithms showing only what keeps people scrolling


Schools/workplaces enforcing strict rules about behavior or appearance


Cancel culture making people scared to share opinions



]]> 2025-11-14 14:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683046444 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047038 Deleting and republishing news articles and claiming the first version published was "printed wrong".


most public places have cameras everywhere, so they know what you're doing at all times. 1984 had ways to constantly watch what someone is doing.

]]> 2025-11-14 14:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047038 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047258 cctv

data leak

North Korea

companies report less spending

drones

ring doorbell


]]> 2025-11-14 14:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047258 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047284 Security cameras, phone tracking, algorithms (if you say something near your phone it will give you ads for it), AI generated pictures and videos (manipulation), how you are "supposed to" present yourself on social media

]]> 2025-11-14 14:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047284 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047401 - social media conformity- influencers

  • idk what it is called, but the thing that your phone uses to track what you like and then advertises things similar to you, even listening to things you are saying.


]]> 2025-11-14 14:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047401 yhernandezmendoza1 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047519 media censorship in applications


many applications can and have altered the way media is presented

]]> 2025-11-14 14:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047519 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047527 The way they use social media to get people to side one way or another politically and how that affects peoples mindset on what they are really voting for even when they twist words to make things sound better than they may be

]]> 2025-11-14 14:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047527 phones https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047815 Our phones ability to hear conversations and apply certain things like ads to fit marketing schemes

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  • social media algorithms and other apps that use personal information.

  • government preventing certain news from being released.

  • "social norm" and trends that make people feel like they need to conform to what everyone else is doing.

    • ]]>     2025-11-14 14:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047888     kkron1 https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047923 Patriot Act, joining of the United States Information Agency to the Department of State, and mass incarceration.

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683047923     Politics https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048062

    News sources presenting news in a way that makes the other side sound bad and further reinforces the values of the party that the news source aligns with ex. FOX news & CNN

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048062     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048392

  • Ai can manipulate and change information that is not true just like Winston's job. It can also create things that shouldn't or haven't existed.

  • Even though everyone is unique in their own way, social media often pushes people to act and style themselves in the same way. The Party uses similar tactics through propaganda to make everyone in Oceania act the same.

    • ]]>     2025-11-14 14:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048392     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048620 The normalization of cameras on every device, the ability to create fake images and recordings, societal disapproval of eccentric expression, government control of the media, being tracked everywhere you go, and restrictions on individuality like work uniforms, professional haircuts, etc.

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048620     Manipulation https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048951 Today we are controlled and manipulated by the media as well as in 1984. Today we have news ads, clickbait, fake news and etc, in 1984 they have the ministry of truth that created propaganda and distracts citizens with loud noises. All of these things, to distract people from living peacefully in the world.

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683048951     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683049827 -cameras/video footage

    -different news sources saying different information especially politically

    -ai making pictures/videos


    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683049827     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683049929 Government removing information/history off of government websites that didn't align with their beliefs.

    Censorship/cancel culture

    Cookies/other online tracking tools

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683049929     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683050031 -Data and information are being collected by the government through digital platforms

    -Reporting of news that is false or misleading

    -Speed cameras are being put up in cities to track how fast you are going, and they automatically send a ticket in the mail

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  • suppression of indivudlaity

    • 1984 : Citizens were forced to act and think alike

    • Today: beauty standards and cancel culture pressure people to fit in

    • ]]>     2025-11-14 14:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683050100     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683051025 The children spying on their parents is quite like the "cancel culture" and the fear of public shaming for "wrongthink" on social media, leading individuals to self-censor or cancel others' behavior. 

    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683051025     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683056895 Speech to text writing, constant survallence. twisting of information available

    uniformity is idealized

    you are being constantly tracked via your digital footprint

    fake/ai generated music, photos, videos.


    ]]>     2025-11-14 14:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683056895     https://padlet.com/msenff/Period2/wish/3683066309 Governments pushing an idea of their history that may not be completely true to make their country look better, or more superior, than another.

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