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FUSILLER [1 record]

Record 1 2018-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

Post an antagonistic message intended to criticize and insult someone for something they have written [or posted].

CONT

[Internet] users who espouse unpopular positions in discussions risk being "flamed" - or subjected to violent verbal abuse, often in capital letters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Adresser à un ou plusieurs internautes un message électronique à caractère agressif ou malveillant.

OBS

Incendier un individu ou un groupe consiste à le dénigrer dans un article féroce, en réaction à un article qu'il a posté.

OBS

incendier : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 décembre 2002.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
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