In [this whistleblowing post](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c1mmq6/hong_kong_police_arrested_protesters_after/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) that talks about arrests being made to hospitalized protesters in Hong Kong through a backdoor, someone in the comments [states that big brother is watching](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c1mmq6/hong_kong_police_arrested_protesters_after/erebzcb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app). Can someone explain who or what this big brother figure is like I’m five?
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He represents the government conducting constant surveillance. A figure from the famous novel *1984* by George Orwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
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