technoslavery

noun

technoslavery

noun

Etymology From techno- + slavery.

1

Slavery facilitated by technology such as computer networks.

  • He argued that the mayor’s “sale” of the children of Philadelphia into the “technoslavery” of the W—— Corporation represented a “clear and present public danger” to which he’d been justified in responding violently.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
  • If the developing countries fail to enter the 21st century with educated populations and technoelites, it will be only a matter of time before they fall victim to a new era of technoslavery.2003, Linda S. Hjorth, Technology and Society: A Bridge to the 21st Century, page 374:

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