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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