In January 2011, The anonymous Hackers took down a Brutal Dictator. Tunisia's president of 23 years fled after 28 days of protest, and a crowd born on an anime message board was in the middle of it. Then the most famous hacker in that crowd turned out to be working for the FBI. And Tunisia got a strongman again. Every source, and what this video does not claim, is in the pinned comment. 0:00 Anonymous's message to Tunisia 0:26 The hackers who helped topple a dictator 1:28 Ammar 404: the country behind an error page 3:14 Anonymous: a crowd with no name 5:09 The match: Sidi Bouzid 6:49 Operation Tunisia 10:00 It spread: Egypt 10:54 The informant 13:46 The return 16:12 So, did 4chan save a country? Event footage: news and amateur video, muted, used for commentary (fair use), credited in the pinned comment. Stock: Pexels. Maps: © MapTiler © OpenStreetMap. Original score.