techlash
English
Alternative forms
- tech-lash
Etymology
2013, blend of tech + backlash, coined by Adrian Wooldridge; popularized 2018.[1]
Noun
techlash (plural techlashes)
- (neologism) Backlash against technology.
- 2018, Tom Baldwin, Ctrl Alt Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 290:
- Vestager was once criticised by Barack Obama who suggested her actions were the result of Europe's tech-envy because they ‘can't compete’ with Silicon Valley. But, as the ‘tech-lash’ continued in the wake of election shocks and Facebook scandals, she has been more often cited as a role model for much bigger interventions.
- 2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley:
- It was July 2017, and the techlash was burgeoning; ordinary people were worried about AI coming for their jobs and unscrupulous tech companies misusing their data.
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