{{Short description|Techno-political ideology rejecting all forms of government regulation}} {{Libertarianism sidebar|variants}} '''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>Jurgenson, N. (2014). [http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/2947/1238]. ''International Journal of Communication''</ref><ref>Tariq, 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''</ref> The term technolibertarian was popularized in critical discourse by technology writer Paulina Borsook in her 2000 book, ''Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech''.<ref>Borsook, P. (2000). ''Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech''. PublicAffairs. {{ISBN|1891620789}}.</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>Jordan, Tim. Taylor, Paul. (2013). ''Hacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause?'' Routledge. {{ISBN|1134510756}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Dahlberg | first1=Lincoln | title=Globalization and Utopia | chapter=Libertarian Cyber-Utopianism and Global Digital Networks | date=2009 | pages=176–189 | doi=10.1057/9780230233607_12 | isbn=978-1-349-30142-3 | chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230233607_12 }}</ref>
==Notable proponents== * Julian Assange * John Perry Barlow * John Gilmore * Elon Musk<ref>{{cite news|work=Vox|url=https://www.vox.com/technology/383859/musk-trump-vance-silicon-valley|date=November 11, 2024|title=Trump's techno-libertarian dream team goes to Washington}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Euronews|title='Techno libertarians': Why Elon Musk is supporting Donald Trump in the US election|date=October 30, 2024|url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/30/techno-libertarians-why-elon-musk-is-supporting-donald-trump-in-the-us-election}}</ref> * T. J. Rodgers * Andrew Yang
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * Broligarchy * Censorship of Wikipedia * Crypto-anarchism * Free-culture movement * Freedom of information * Freedom of speech * Information wants to be free * Internet freedom * Libertarian transhumanism * Technocapitalism * Technocracy * The Californian Ideology {{div col end}}
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1=Assange |first1=Julian |title=Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet |date=2012 |publisher=OR Books |location=New York |isbn=978-1-939293-00-8 |url=https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/cypherpunks/}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.theawl.com/2015/12/star-lords |title=Star Lords |last=Douglas |first=James |date=15 December 2015 |website=The Awl |access-date=5 January 2016}} * {{cite book |last1=Golumbia |first1=David |title=Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology |date=2024 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |isbn=9781517918149 |url=https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/}}
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