![]() ![]() Ian Hargreaves, a University of Cardiff professor of digital economy, wrote in a review posted by the London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books that the author "sets out chiefly to report rather than to judge." In The Spectator, Michael Bywater wrote that the book is "necessary reading" as many users are unaware of certain communities and aspects of the internet. The Dark Net received generally positive critical reviews. ![]() Bartlett stated that he found "positive, helpful and constructive" subcultures on the internet as well as "destructive" ones. Included are his interactions with Amir Taaki, various internet trolls, a person who downloads pictures of child abuse, and neo-Nazi activists. Throughout the book, Bartlett discusses the history of online communities and trolling, as well as the development of cryptocurrencies and internet crime. It discusses the darknet and dark web in broad terms, describing a range of underground and emergent subcultures, including social media racists, cam girls, self harm communities, darknet drug markets, cryptoanarchists and transhumanists. Bartlett discusses online communities away from the mainstream, including those on Tor and the Deep Web. It is published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, in the United States by Melville House Publishers, and in Australia by Random House. The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld is a 2014 nonfiction book by Jamie Bartlett. ![]()
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