The Darknet, Inside The Digital Underworld - 1860 Words

The Darknet, Inside the Digital Underworld, written by Jamie Bartlett, and published by Melville House, illustrates how internet subculture O caused some groups to question privacy and anonymity on the internet. Should a person be limited on how they express themselves on the internet? There exists a hidden part of the internet where people browse anonymously and without censorship. The Darknet is a placed referred to on the internet where people from various subcultures go to take part in mostly illegal activities without getting caught. Some of these sites are used to access child pornography, (Attwood, 2010) and some of them sell illegal drugs. People can do whatever they want even if it s illegal without getting arrested. The main issue that the author is addressing is that the Darknet may provide a place for people to go on the internet and engage in child pornography and drug trafficking outside of the law but many of the things on this secret internet are not, Sure so me may push the socially accepted boundaries, but before we attempt to censor these hidden websites we need to step back and look at how our own internet freedom is effected. Many people believe that as long as there are uncensored places on the internet, they will contain illegal and offensive material. In the book, B some techno-pessimist would say that people need to be held accountable for their behavior online because research has found that when they are not the behave more hostile and