Nebula cyber iceberg: between freedom and the occult

Abstract

This article contributes to the understanding of modern society and the dynamics of technological activism undertaken from and on the internet. The new forms of collective action are based on an open, free and decentralized in­ternet. However, fundamental rights such as privacy and intimacy or freedom of expression and the free flow of ideas are encountering some obstacles in the digital medium. The deep web is pre­sented as the ideal environment where citizens born of the hacker era and un­der the influence of free culture are or­ganized in hacktivist groups and exert pressure on the economic and political powers. The methodology for this study includes a bibliographical review, field­work and participant observation in the environments studied. The results con­firm that technological activism is impos­ing civic and political value of software as a key element in social construction. Technological activist groups such as Anonymous are gaining importance and prominence in the social, political and economic future.