Is the Internet a conductor of democracy and progress or a tool of surveillance? The archives do not deceive: states have a long history of spying on their citizens, with widespread support from the IT industry. Investigative journalist Yasha Levin examined the history of the relationship between IT giants and American intelligence - from the first applications of network technologies during the Vietnam War to the sinister cooperation of Google, Amazon, Facebook and other companies with the authorities. How secure are our personal data, correspondence and search history? How is the Tor proxy system related to the US National Security Agency? Why did students in the 1970s oppose the network and who came up with a way to clear its reputation? In whose interests are Snowden and Assange acting? Who is protecting whom: Google's CIA or vice versa? The book “The Internet as a Weapon” opens your eyes to the real history of Silicon Valley, which is usually hidden.