本片《互联网之子》讲的是编程天才和信息活动家 亚伦·斯沃茨 的故事。从参与基础互联网协议RSS到联合创办Reddit，斯沃茨的足迹遍及整个互联网。但斯沃茨在社会公正和政治组织方面的开创性工作，以及对信息存取的雄心壮志，使他陷入了一场两年之久的法律噩梦。这场战斗最终以他结束自己26岁的生命而收场。亚伦的故事也触动了对他如雷贯耳的网络社区之外的人们。
The Internet"s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz"s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz"s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron"s story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity.