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語源

Borrowed from German Datenkraken, plural of Datenkrake, itself a compound of Daten (“data”) and Krake (“octopus”), invoking an imagery of such a company being an octopus having its virtual "tentacles" deeply penetrating its users' online habits.

名詞

datenkraken pl (複数形 only)

1. (disapproving) Internet-oriented companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook that have a large number of users and possess detailed personal information on them, presumably without their consent.
   • 2014, Juliette Garside, The Guardian. Europe gears up to fight back against giant US beasts of the internet:

     It is a narrative that has cast the American datenkraken as the arch enemy.