cyberpolice
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cyberpolice (uncountable)
- A police force that patrols the Internet or cyberspace.
- 1995, Howard Stern, Miss America:
- The cyberpolice on Prodigy had busted me. Evidently, you can call the authorities from a button on your computer and complain when profanity is being used.
- 2004, Malcolm Miles, Tim Hall, Iain Borden, The city cultures reader:
- The cyberpolice and their elite masters are living under the sign of virtual catastrophe (that is, anticipating the electronic disaster that could happen)...
- 2004, The Economist:
- Syria is not the only Arab state with a hyperactive cyberpolice.