ABSTRACT
Over two decades of ‘developmentalism’, in which mega-sized investments into infrastructure have been matched with forward-looking visions backed by bold policies, the Internet has become firmly established in the Malaysian social imaginary as an agent of change. Although the rhetoric surrounding these projects has not always been matched by their realization, there are few more concrete examples of the powerful pull a cyber-libertarian discourse can exert on the everyday than what has taken shape in Malaysia. Some part of the Internet's perceived place in Malaysia has been amplified by the seeming successes of civil society in recent years, such as those discussed in this volume.
