technolibertarianism

{{Short description|Political ideology}}

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Technolibertarianism, sometimes referred to as cyberlibertarianism, is a political ideology with roots in the Internet's early hacker cypherpunk culture in Silicon Valley in the early 1990s and in American libertarianism.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Dahlberg |first1=Lincoln |title=Cyberlibertarianism |encyclopedia=The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology |date=2016 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0720|isbn=978-1-4051-2433-1 |edition=2nd}}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Dahlberg |first1=Lincoln |title=Cyberlibertarianism |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication |date=2017 |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.70|isbn=978-0-19-022861-3 }}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Dahlberg |first1=Lincoln |editor-last=Cloud |editor-first=Dana L. |title=Cyberlibertarianism |encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Communication and Critical Cultural Studies |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=422-443}} The ideology focuses on minimizing government regulation, censorship, or anything else in the way of a "free" World Wide Web. In this case, the word "free" is referring to the meaning of libre (no restrictions), not gratis (no cost). Cyber-libertarians embrace fluid, meritocratic hierarchies, which are believed to be best served by markets. The most widely known cyberlibertarian is Julian Assange.Jurgenson, N. (2014). [http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/2947/1238]. International Journal of CommunicationTariq, O. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190500/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/32b9/0c4c993916c557f0ab60ceb9c402be3048c0.pdf The End of Digital Libertarianism?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190500/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/32b9/0c4c993916c557f0ab60ceb9c402be3048c0.pdf |date=2018-01-17 }}. London School of Economics The term technolibertarian was popularized in critical discourse by technology writer Paulina Borsook.Borsook, P. (2000). Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech. PublicAffairs. {{ISBN|1891620789}}.Borsook, P. (2001). [http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjolt/vol3/iss1/1 Cyberselfish: Ravers, Guilders, Cyberpunks, And Other Silicon Valley Life-Forms]. Yale Journal of Law and Technology, 3(1): 1–10.Jordan, Tim. Taylor, Paul. (2013). Hacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause? Routledge. {{ISBN|1134510756}}.Jurgenson, N. (2009). [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230233607_12 Globalization and Utopia]. Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited