tech abuse

English

Alternative forms

• high tech abuse
• technological abuse
• technology abuse

Noun

tech abuse (uncountable)

1. The use of information technology, including social media and Internet-connected devices installed in homes, to perpetrate sexual or domestic violence, abuse or bullying.
   • 2016, Shalailah Medhora, “Tech abuse ‘rampant’ and has ‘devastating’ impacts on victims,” ABC.net.au, 31 October, 2016,^[1]

     […] most tech abuse occurs alongside other forms of domestic violence, as an additional method of control.

   • 2018, Emma-Marie Smith, “Tech Abuse: The Abuse of Technology in Domestic Violence,” HealthyPlace.com, 24 July, 2018,^[2]

     Tech abuse makes victims feel as though their perpetrators are omnipresent in their lives and that there’s no escape—even after a relationship has ended.

Hyponyms

• cyberbullying
• cyberstalking