Dark Net (2016–2017)

TV ShowEndedDocumentary, Reality2 seasons, 16 episodes
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Plot

A documentary series that explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequent it, Dark Net provides a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld rarely witnessed by most of us. Provocative, thought-provoking and frequently profound, each episode illuminates an exciting, ever-expanding frontier where people can do anything and see anything, whether they should or not.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Dark Net S01E01CrushS01E01 · 7.5A cyber BDSM couple; virtual love; a life upended.
  2. 02Dark Net S02E02My JusticeS02E02 · 7.5Online, any of us can become judge, jury and executioner. But in this ever-shifting digital world, how do we draw the line between the rule of law, and a digital lynch mob? In this episode, an amateur sleuth seeks justice in the case of a young woman's mysterious death - only to discover that the accused killer is the real victim. Elsewhere, a digital activist takes a stand for social justice then finds himself forced to choose between prison and exile.
  3. 03Dark Net S02E03My MoneyS02E03 · 7.5Our lives revolve around money. But a new world order is emerging, one with the power to create currency and bypass governments and regulation. In this episode, enter the world of digital money: from the recesses of the dark net marketplace to workers in China excavating a new form of money; to 'bitcoin miners' struggling to cope with a potentially volatile algorithm; to a young cam worker whose sexual fetishes link them all together.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2016Aired 5.9Season avg
  1. S01E01Dark Net S01E01Season's bestCrushJanuary 21, 2016 7.5A cyber BDSM couple; virtual love; a life upended.
  2. S01E02Dark Net S01E02UpgradeJanuary 28, 2016 6.0Mom's RFID chip; swapping an eye for a camera; "world most connected man."
  3. S01E03Dark Net S01E03ExploitFebruary 4, 2016—Children forced to perform on camera; revealing the roots of pedophilia.
  4. S01E04Dark Net S01E04CTRLFebruary 11, 2016 5.0Content moderators; the prison of the unplugged; blackhat hacker.
  5. S01E05Dark Net S01E05TrappedFebruary 18, 2016 6.0Online cults; Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity; a quadriplegic's robotics.
  6. S01E06Dark Net S01E06RewireFebruary 25, 2016 6.0Porn addiction; autistic technologists; cognition-enhancing supplements.
  7. S01E07Dark Net S01E07ProvokeMarch 3, 2016 4.5Cyberbanging; bloggers turn the tables on trolls; Abdullah X.
  8. S01E08Dark Net S01E08RevoltMarch 10, 2016 6.0Reporting abuse; discovering new worlds; building guns.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2017Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S02E01Dark Net S02E01My MindApril 6, 2017 7.0Rapid technological advancements are allowing machines to divine the inner workings of our minds like never before. Now that we have given t
  2. S02E02Dark Net S02E02Season's bestMy JusticeApril 13, 2017 7.5Online, any of us can become judge, jury and executioner. But in this ever-shifting digital world, how do we draw the line between the rule
  3. S02E03Dark Net S02E03My MoneyApril 20, 2017 7.5Our lives revolve around money. But a new world order is emerging, one with the power to create currency and bypass governments and regulati
  4. S02E04Dark Net S02E04My NationApril 27, 2017 7.5The internet was hailed for democratizing ideas. But it is also an arena where conspiracy theories and polarizing echo chambers thrive. In t
  5. S02E05My IdentityMay 4, 2017 7.5Our face is our most distinguishable feature. But to machines, our face is data and it's being transformed into a faceprint in somebody else
  6. S02E06My HomeMay 11, 2017 7.5The digital era offers us new technologies to protect ourselves, but are these devices defending our homes or making them more vulnerable? I
  7. S02E07My CommunityMay 18, 2017 7.5Communities are the bedrock of society - physical spaces where residents share a collective purpose and common goals. But the internet has g
  8. S02E08My RelationshipMay 25, 2017 7.5Humans are social beings - but what happens when the emotional bonds that bind us together are threatened by forces we cannot see or touch,

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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