cybermob

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cyber- +‎ mob

Noun[edit]

cybermob (plural cybermobs)

  1. A mob of people on the Internet or in cyberspace.
    • 2012, Rebecca MacKinnon, Consent of the Networked:
      Anonymity, South Korean legislators had come to believe, was undermining social stability, enabling cybermobs to harass innocent people and cybervigilantes to ostracize and shame people []