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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Author: John Perry Barlow
Cited by: David Price 3:41 PM 26 October 2011 GMT
Citerank: (5) 121593Freedom of expressionExploring the issue of freedom of expression in cyberspace.8FFB597, 121594Absolute freedom of expressionAbsolute freedom of expression should be permitted in cyberspace.959C6EF, 121704Cyberspace is a domain beyond government1198CE71, 121706Legal framework does not apply to flow of digital informationLegal concepts of property, expression, identity, movement, and context do not apply to cyberspace. They are based on matter, There is no matter in cyberspace.1198CE71, 121707Identities in cyberspace are beyond physical coercionIdentities in cyberspace have no bodies, so it is not possible to obtain order by physical coercion (upon which, at root, govenment relies).1198CE71
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| Excerpt / Summary We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always speaks. I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us. |