The People's Cloud

Jun 10, 2016

0h 55m

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THE PEOPLE'S CLOUD is a web-based six-part documentary series that gets to the bottom of the internet; investigating the ecology and impact of cloud computing on the lives of those who use it, the places it is physically located in and the people who work to maintain it.

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