cancelbot

(ˈkænsəlˌbɒt)

a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups

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(Note to the sarcasm challenged: I have not unleashed a cancelbot or spoofed someone's server and never will.

Spam II: if Congress should make no law, why should others try to abridge free speech

1959 (1996); see also Eric Schlachter, War of the Cancelbots!, ERIC GOLDMAN WEBSITE, http://eric_goldman.tripod.com/ articles/cancelbotarticle.htm (last visited Sept.

Collateral censorship and the limits of intermediary immunity

Cancelbots search for particular topics and phrases and cancel the entry - often used by political or social adversaries; clonebots steal identities and kick you offline; guardbots monitor for clonebots and cancelbots and stop them.