techlash
English
Alternative forms
- tech-lash
Etymology
2013, blend of tech + backlash, coined by Adrian Wooldridge; popularized 2018.[1]
Noun
techlash (plural techlashes)
- (neologism) Backlash against technology.
- 2013, Adrian Wooldridge, “The coming tech-lash”, in The Economist[2], London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2026:
- The coming tech-lash [title]
- 2018 January 20, Eve Smith, “The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google—and what they can do”, in The Economist[3], London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 March 2026:
- The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google—and what they can do [title]
- 2018, Tom Baldwin, Ctrl Alt Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 290:
- Vestager was once criticised by Barack Obama who suggested her actions were the result of Europe's tech-envy because they ‘can't compete’ with Silicon Valley. But, as the ‘tech-lash’ continued in the wake of election shocks and Facebook scandals, she has been more often cited as a role model for much bigger interventions.
- 2019 August 8, William Davies, “The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour review – escape from dystopia”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 October 2026:
- What’s offered is less class analysis than psychoanalysis. It is the psychoanalytic inflections that elevate this book above so much recent “techlash” literature.
- 2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley:
- It was July 2017, and the techlash was burgeoning; ordinary people were worried about AI coming for their jobs and unscrupulous tech companies misusing their data.
See also
References
- ^ Rana Foroohar (16 December 2018), “Year in a Word: ’Techlash’”, in Financial Times[1], London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 March 2026