#Surface web deep web iceberg picture software#
It is worth to note that the Dark Net/Web is only a small part (0.01%) of the Deep Web accessed via particular browsers and/or software (e.g. The World Wide Web ( It is not widely known that the major content within the Deep Web is of good nature and legal (e.g., parts of paid transcriptions, password protected accounts for different services). It also calls for immediate actions by governments, police and security services to initiate actions to fight extremist activity online, particularly in the Dark Web. It unravels how terrorist groups are establishing, maintaining, and deploying networks on the ‘Darknet’ to spread their propaganda, attract/recruit supporters and raise money. The report of Henry Jackson Society from 2018 states that the Dark Web area has become a ‘safe heaven’ for terrorist groups in their activities (including the plotting of the next attacks). Like any other activity nowadays, terrorists have been moving theirs (e.g., hide their communication, propaganda efforts, recruit, radicalise, obtain weapons, explosives, fraudulent documents and other illicit goods and services) online. However, they have also brought us many new challenges and threats, including the evolving online radicalisation. They have also contributed to the occurrence of digital era, which facilitates the relatively free flow of information across the world. Globalisation, internet, and the development of new technologies undoubtedly have brought many new opportunities and benefits to the societies and the entire humanity.
Author: Snezhana Krumova, expert in Law and Internet Foundation
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