This article doesn't claim to have any deep insight into what a network state is or what advocates of a network state want. Its only reference to the concept is

This article doesn't claim to have any deep insight into what a network state is or what advocates of a network state want. Its only reference to the concept is a quote from another journalist, who offers a confusing definition that "network state" means "tech authoritarianism" which in turn means "to build power over the long term by controlling money, politics, technology, and land".