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noun
A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Marxism, neologism, singular, singular-only
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History
Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below).
Across languages
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