The Growth of Dark Subcultures On the Internet

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 1, 2015

In The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, Jamie Bartlett describes the hidden subcultures of the internet, home to trolls, pornographers, drug dealers, hackers, and political extremists, as well as computer scientists and bitcoin programmers. The anonymity and pervasiveness of the internet has allowed these groups to thrive, while still remaining relatively anonymous.

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