hacktivism
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Blend of hack + activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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hacktivism (uncountable)
- (Internet) The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
- 2010, Pramod K. Nayar, An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 102:
- Hacktivism is a form of activism for social change that appropriates computers and electronic networks for this purpose. Also called electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism is geared to political ends.
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- hacktivism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia