cyberviolence

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ violence.

Noun

cyberviolence (uncountable)

1. Violence, or its equivalent, carried out in cyberspace or on the Internet.
   • 2001, David Wall, Crime and the Internet:

     At one end of the spectrum of cyberviolence lies hate speech, which tends to impact upon specific social, political or religious groups.

   • 2001, Eugene McLaughlin, John Muncie, The Sage Dictionary of Criminology:

     Cybercrime often involves cyberviolence that puts the personal safety of citizens at risk through, for example, the manipulation of the emotions...

   • 2003, Eric W Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime:

     At the core of rape, domestic violence, pedophilia, cyberviolence, and other interactions, one discovers precisely a way of being that is grounded in domination and reduces others simply to objects.

   • 2005, Janet Staiger, Media reception studies:

     ...threats of personal violence, actual acts of cyberviolence (spamming those making the assertions)...

Hyponyms

• cyberrape
• cybersuicide