Meaning of cybertarian | Babel Free
Definitions
- A member of the cybertariat class.
- Someone who applies libertarian ideology to the Internet; a follower of cybertarianism.
Examples
“I've been doing a lot of research⟳ particularly in India but in other Asian countries too on, if you like⟳, the new cybertarians who are growing up working in an offshore call⟳ centers and software development and so on.”
“Coders allied to cyber workers' rights also play⟳ a role, creating tools to aid cybertarians in information sharing and self-organizing. The ingenious Turkopticon, for example, is a web browser plugin that overlays features on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform, helping workers who do pay-per-task clickwork to avoid⟳ poor quality jobs, delayed payment, and outright wage theft (Irani & Silberman 2013).”
“John Perry Barlow is a "cybertarian," a form⟳ of libertarian. In other words, he believes in bottom-up, decentralized solutions to the dilemmas that arise⟳ in cyberspace.”
“We're in the midst of fevered discussions about communications and security. Cybertarian campaigners want⟳ to stop⟳ collusion between corporations and governments to intercept citizen chat; attention-grabbing adolescents at Anonymous want⟳ to disrupt murderers who dislike mockery of their principal prophet and the gilt-edged grown-ups in national security services want⟳ to listen⟳ in on plans to revenge such blasphemy.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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