What is Dark Web? You may not have the slightest idea about the Dark Web. Or you may have scanty knowledge about it. Or what the Dark Web may conjure to you is only an image of a haven for terrorists and criminals.

Whatever your notion or knowledge of the Dark Web, you do not want to miss this ALIGN’s I-lluminate issue. The issue provides straightforward but also well-thought discussions of the Dark Web, exploring the technology from four main perspectives: the Dark Web and activism, journalistic uses of the Dark Web, public perceptions and attitudes towards the Dark Web, and the validity of the evidence on the Dark Web’s connection to terrorism.

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: Public Perceptions

by Scott Michell Is the dark web a haven of criminal activity? Mainstream news media headlines gesture towards the actions of dangerous groups and threats to those who unwittingly find themselves in a risky online space. Headlines about the “dark web drug trade” abound (Southwick, 2017) while other articles caution parents to keep... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: A Cloak for Journalists and their Sources

by Kathy Dobson   Credit: Arisirawan's Blog After Viktoria Marinova, a journalist with a television station in Bulgaria, was appointed host of a new current affairs show, she vowed that the show would focus on corruption and her increasing concern about the lack of journalistic freedom in her city.  The first episode, which... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: Where Terrorists Hide?

by Ghadah Alrasheed & Brandon Rigato One area that has not received adequate attention in the vast academic literature surrounding extremist movements and their use of the Internet is the Dark Web, whose websites are vaguely assumed to work as hubs for terrorists, drug-traffickers, and gangs. The structure, mechanisms, and impact of dark... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: TOR for Activism

By Nasreen Rajani    The Tor browser – often mistaken as being the “dark net” itself and seen as being synonymous with illegal or nefarious activities – has become a useful platform for activists who require privacy and anonymity, and one has been attracting increasing attention from activists and citizens alike in recent... More

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