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Definition of hacktivism
hacktivism
noun - uncountable
- activism via hacking.
Citation from "Is Anonymous Less Anonymous Now?", MIT Technology Review, May 16 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on May 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011.
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