cybermartyr

plural cybermartyrs

1. InternetA person persecuted or punished for online activity.

   In 2011, efforts by several governments to shut him [Julian Assange] and WikiLeaks down made him the world's first cybermartyr.

   2010, Ian Bremmer, Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, Portfolio, published 2013, →ISBN

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   The most famous exception is Kevin Mitnick, the "dark side" hacker who became a cybermartyr after languishing in jail for four years without trial.

   1999 June 6, Chris Taylor, “Geeks vs. G-Men”, in Time

   Under the DMCA, selling a tool that breaks copy protection warrants jail time, and Sklyarov, a frail-looking techno-waif with a wife and babies at home, became an instant cybermartyr.

   2002 March 17, Steven Levy, “Locking Up Your Rights”, in Newsweek