The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld

by Jamie Bartlett

do the features of anonymity and connectivity free the darker sides of our nature? And if so, how?

believe that part of living in a free society is accepting that no idea is beyond being challenged or ridiculed, and that nothing is more stifling to free expression than being afraid to upset or offend.

Most of the chief protagonists in this book I met online first, and offline second. I always liked them more in the real world. By removing the face-to-face aspect of human interaction, the internet dehumanizes people, and our imagination often turns them into inflated monsters, more terrifying because they are in the shadows.