techlash

American  

[tek-lash] / ˈtɛkˌlæʃ /

noun

1. a strong negative reaction or backlash against the largest technology companies, or their employees or products.

   There is a growing regulatory techlash, partly fueled by concerns about privacy on social media platforms.

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Etymology

Origin of techlash

First recorded in 2015–20; tech(nology) ( def. ) + (back)lash ( def. )

Example Sentences

On his Pluralistic blog, Doctorow coined the term enshittification as a succinct explanation as to why more Americans and global citizens were embracing the “techlash”: Corporations in Silicon Valley were making their products more extractive, juicing more revenue and rigging the game in their favor, because they’d eliminated all viable competitors.

From Slate

As an early witness to the emergence of the World Wide Web, journalism’s digital-transition struggles, the creeping domination of social media, the rise of the tech-mogul celebrity hero, and the subsequent techlash—and as a gay woman delving into sexist, bigoted industries rather unfriendly to ambitious, outspoken people like her—Swisher has been an important chronicler of, and eager participant in, all the shiniest and ugliest developments of the information age.

From Slate

It’s no secret that the famed tech oligarchs of Silicon Valley are miffed by the yearslong “techlash” that’s downgraded them from visionary innovators to profit-seeking manipulators in the eyes of the public, the press, the government, and their own employees.

From Slate

“Techlash is what Silicon Valley’s ownership class calls it when people don’t buy their stock,” author Malcolm Harris tells me.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid congressional hearings and dipping stock valuations, the tech elite have bemoaned the so-called techlash against their industry by those who worry it’s grown too large and unaccountable.

From Los Angeles Times