geoslavery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of geolocation and geosurveillance technologies to monitor and control individuals in a coercive or surreptitious manner, with the control being overpowering and uncompensated.

Word forms

geoslavery

Etymology

From geo- + slavery, coined by Jerome Dobson and Peter Fisher in 2003 and refined in 2007.

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