Digital Neoliberalism

The extension of neoliberal principles into digital space: treating data as property, users as markets, public goods as products, and regulation as interference. Digital neoliberalism champions platform privatization of public functions, frames access as a market transaction, and treats the elimination of consumer protection as “innovation.” It is responsible for the transformation of libraries into content subscription services, public discourse into engagement metrics, and social services into algorithmic triage. Digital neoliberalism insists there is no alternative because “the market has already decided.”

Digital Neoliberalism Example: "The public school replaced its library with tablets loaded with corporate‑sponsored learning apps—digital neoliberalism, privatizing education while calling it modernization."

Digital Neoliberalism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 26, 2026