Inside the Dark Web

Overview

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence - surveillance. With many concerned that governments and corporations can monitor our every move, Horizon meets the hackers and scientists whose technology is fighting back. It is a controversial technology, and some law enforcement officers believe it is leading to risk-free crime on the dark web - a place where almost anything can be bought, from guns and drugs to credit card details.

Cast

Amanda Drew

Narrator

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Jacob Appelbaum

Himself

Julian Assange

Himself

Tim Berners-Lee

Himself

Edward Snowden

Himself (archive footage)