The Dark Net

<b>Jamie Bartlett</b> is the bestselling author of <i>The Dark Net</i> <i>Radicals</i> and <i>The People Vs Tech</i> which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and won the 2019 Transmission Prize. He founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos and regularly writes on technology and society for the <i>Spectator</i> the <i>Sunday Times</i> and elsewhere. In 2017 Jamie presented the two-part BBC TWO documentary series <i>The Secrets of Silicon Valley</i>. His TedTalk about dark net drugs markets has been watched nearly six million times. In 2019 his critically acclaimed BBC podcast series <i>The Missing Cryptoqueen </i>reached number 1 on the iTunes charts and has been downloaded millions of times. <p><b><i>From the creator of hit podcast <u>The Missing Cryptoqueen</u></i></b><br><b>______________________________</b><br><b>Guns. Sex. Drugs. Murder.</b><br><b>The Dark Net is just a click away.</b><br><br>Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit lies a vast network of sites communities and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits. A world that is as creative and complex as it is dangerous and disturbing. A world that is much closer than you think.<br><br><i>The Dark Net</i> is a revelatory examination of the internet today and of its most innovative and dangerous subcultures stretching from secret Facebook groups to the encrypted and hidden Tor network. In it Bartlett goes in search of the people behind the screen meeting trolls and pornographers drug dealers and hackers political extremists and computer scientists Bitcoin programmers and self-harmers libertarians and vigilantes. <br><br>Based on extensive first-hand experience exclusive interviews and shocking documentary evidence <i>The Dark Net</i> offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity and shines a light on an enigmatic and ever-changing world.</p> A fascinating and disturbing journey through the furthest recesses of the Internet. Jamie Bartlett is an expert guide... he shines an invaluable light on a world that remains determinedly opaque. A hell of an achievement... Buy it and read it. Eye-opening … Bartlett is an informal yet informed guide … As befits a cross-party intellectual he minimizes binary distinctions conveying instead a mixture of conservative disquiet and liberal tolerance. The tales he tells are exemplary titillating and sometimes frightening Bartlett anatomises the usual bogeymen and demonstrates that they’re real.<i>The Dark Net</i> is for anyone engaged with the web and the effects it is having on our culture necessary reading... a flashlight in a dark dark cellar. A fascinating and disturbing exploration of the outer edges of the internet and the human mind. [A] thorough and assiduously researched account of the deviantly erotic subversive and criminal aspects of web life. A confident and well-informed guide... By meeting the people behind the online activity Bartlett humanises it. <i>The Dark Net</i> offers smart provoking reportage from the crooked crannies of digital culture married to a quietly impressive analysis of how technology is amplifying both the best and the worst of us. Required reading for anyone looking to escape media hysteria and get to grips with the 21st century's most compelling discomforting complexities. A picturesque tour of this disquieting netherworld… the darkest recesses of the internet for better and for worse and being illuminated. A judgement-free look at the mechanics of trolling and other internet bad behaviour and generates more light than heat. Reveals a hidden seedy world where people lurk behind pseudonyms and dupe others into revealing their bodies on camera to be used against them in public shaming. If you’re shocked to discover that last year approximately 20 per cent of drug users bought their stash online you’ll find this fascinating. Bartlett is an able guide on a journey through the margins of the web. A well-researched book studded with enlightening interviews A gripping read more thrilling and chilling than many a fictional tale of the digital could ever be. The book's great contribution is non-sensationalist reporting about very touchy subjects. If we're going to keep making laws about this stuff we need this kind of sanity. This book ticks all of my boxes: fascinating subcultural studies a brave nosedive into often scary worlds and a pacey writing style that makes you think you’re reading a good thriller. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what the depths of human depravity look like but can’t get the time off work to find out for themselves. <p><b><i>From the creator of hit podcast <u>The Missing Cryptoqueen</u></i></b><br><b>______________________________</b><br><b>Guns. Sex. Drugs. Murder.</b><br><b>The Dark Net is just a click away.</b><br><br>Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit lies a vast network of sites communities and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits. A world that is as creative and complex as it is dangerous and disturbing. A world that is much closer than you think.<br><br><i>The Dark Net</i> is a revelatory examination of the internet today and of its most innovative and dangerous subcultures stretching from secret Facebook groups to the encrypted and hidden Tor network. In it Bartlett goes in search of the people behind the screen meeting trolls and pornographers drug dealers and hackers political extremists and computer scientists Bitcoin programmers and self-harmers libertarians and vigilantes. <br><br>Based on extensive first-hand experience exclusive interviews and shocking documentary evidence <i>The Dark Net</i> offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity and shines a light on an enigmatic and ever-changing world.</p>