Claim: George Orwell's "1984" contains the lines: "Everything other than working was forbidden: walking in the streets, having fun, singing, dancing, getting together, everything was forbidden."
Fact-check: Did George Orwell Predict COVID-19 Restrictions?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Macguill
Date published: 2020-12-02T08:59:16