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DIY Tech Explored In Free The Network

Motherboard TV’s in-depth documentary on the future of the free web.

Over the past year, political revolution has taught us how important the internet really is. From watching artists visualize data from the Egyptian revolution to slightly touchy memes emerging from the London riots and robot activists at Occupy Wall Street, dialing in to the revolution has been as easy as updating your Facebook or Twitter status.

At the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City, our sister site Motherboard TV uncovered an unlikely hero in the thicket of the protest’s confusion. Meet Issac Wilder, the founder of The Free Network Foundation, a mesh networking system that allowed demonstrators access to free internet—that is until Zuccotti Park was ransacked and the Freedom Tower was confiscated and destroyed. See how DIY tech is influencing the state of modern day protesting and protecting our privacy in the video above.

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Read more over at Motherboard.