e-Karenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

e-Karen (plural e-Karens)

1. Alternative form of eKaren
   • 2025 February 10, John Storey, “"Unelected bureaucrat": e-Safety Commissioner unleashes on Elon Musk”, in ABC News Australia‎:

     Julie Inman-Grant jokingly introduced herself to the crowd as the "censorship commissar", a label derisively given to her by Mr Musk, saying she was also known online as "e-Karen and e-Slut".

別の表記

• e-Karen

語源

From e- +‎ Karen.

固有名詞

eKaren (plural eKarens)

1. (Australia, derogatory, humorous, slang) The eSafety Commissioner (Australia's Internet watchdog).
   • 2024 June 27, John Storey, “eKaren's Magic Trick”, in Institute of Public Affairs‎:

     Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant (aka eKaren in popular slang), tried her own version of this trick recently when she introduced a new mandatory industry standard – the Online Safety (Designated Internet Services – Class 1A and 1B Material) Industry Standard 2024 (the Standard) that will apply to social media and other tech companies. Inman Grant wrote in a newspaper opinion piece promoting the Standard that it was focused on "abuse of children and pro-terror material", and was necessary due to "resistance from industry".

使用する際の注意点

• Most common in right-wing circles, when criticizing online censorship.