Cybertariat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming). Marxism, neologism, singular, singular-only

    "It is apparent that a new cybertariat is in the making. Whether it will perceive itself as such is another matter."

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"It is apparent that a new cybertariat is in the making. Whether it will perceive itself as such is another matter."

Etymology

Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below).

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