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  • noun A police force that patrols the Internet or cyberspace.

Etymologies

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cyber- +‎ police

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Examples

  • Iran is now said to be creating a "cyberpolice" force to combat online dissent at home and computer sabotage from abroad.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

  • Iran is now said to be creating a "cyberpolice" force to combat online dissent at home and computer sabotage from abroad.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

  • It is also possible that after having proved that blocking a website only makes it more attractive to internauts, the cyberpolice have chosen to exhibit the forbidden fruit they so demonized in recent months.

    Yoani Sanchez: My Blog Is Once Again Visible In Cuba

  • Gen. Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, announced the creation of a special "cyberpolice division" to hunt down Internet users suspected of what the unit's chief calls "insults and spreading of lies" against the regime.

    Up Against Tehran’s Firewall

  • It is also possible that after having proved that blocking a website only makes it more attractive to internauts, the cyberpolice have chosen to exhibit the forbidden fruit they so demonized in recent months.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

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    WN.com - Business News

  • "You dun goofed up" You dun goofed up You dun goofed up You dun goofed up kerligirl13 because back-traced backtraced back traced it remix you dun goofed upcyber police cyberpolice auto tune autotune auto

    WN.com - Business News

  • Who puts up a preventative sign when you can just backtrace the original offenders and report them to the cyberpolice?

    digg.com: Stories / Popular

  • "We are not asking schools to be cyberpolice, but we are asking them to be alert and responsive to the situation."

    dispatch.com: RSS

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    WN.com - Business News

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