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Facunda Ganesh
At 14 I stood chest-deep in a cold swimming pool with a scuba tank strapped to my back. The mask covering most of my face, I plunged my head below the surface in an effort to learn what it feels like to be able to breathe under water, step one in training for scuba diving certification. I looked around the pool, seeing only the legs of the instructor before I lunged upward for air. As I wiped the chlorine from my eyes the instructor asked, "what happened? Why didn't you just breathe?"
Yesterday, some 15 years later, I had a similar experience. A popular social networking site was abuzz about the "deep web," this seemingly mythical internet underworld supposedly filled with drug lords, pedophiles, hackers and hit men. I spent much of my evening reading blogs and forums that explained that the websites that are searchable by search engines such as Google make up just 1% of the content on the Internet. But just out of plain sight, accessible only through certain browsers, is an internet wasteland, an underbelly to the web where old websites go to die. Because this part of the web is difficult to access, it has become a hub of vile and illegal activity, the Internet's subconscious.
Part of me wanted to believe that it was hyperbole. Surely there weren't actually child porn ads and forums for posting murder requests out in the open. But I, like most of society, was so very naive.
I work in technology, so I had to find out if this place was real. After all, it was a digital adventure, and hopefully it would show that the web is a wonderful place. I downloaded software that makes my on-line activity nearly impossible to track, a necessary step for accessing these sites. I configured my computer according to the strict instructions I had found in these forums so that I would be protected against hacking attempts. And with all of this software strapped to my proverbial back, I plunged into the deep web.
There is no way to find sites in the deep web, so everything is shared organically through forums. I accessed one such directory that was mentioned in one of the articles I had read. As I clicked just a couple links to see what this world contained, I had the same feeling I experienced underwater as a 14-year-old. I had been there too long, I couldn't breathe, and it just didn't feel right. With enough knowledge to prove that this world does indeed exist I closed my computer so I could compose myself.
My hands shook as I realized just how disgusting this world really is. Like most middle class Americans my world is sheltered, walled off by a genuine desire to believe that there is order, that people, for the most part, are good. But what I learned is that, given the opportunity to remain completely anonymous, people will participate in horrific things.
I believe in liberty as much as the next guy, but something has to be done. What are the governments of the world doing to regulate this massive underground market? Children are being abused because the images of that abuse are currency in the deep web, being traded for cash, drugs and services while the children suffer alone. Lives are being ruined, and no one is talking about it.
I urge you to stay away. I have purposely avoided using the names of programs or websites so as not to tempt you to go looking. Not only is most of what you will find illegal, it will leave you shaken.
The drug trade in the deep web, is real and well-documented. As is the child pornography trade. I understand your disbelief, as I was there too. But do you research. Reputable sources (like JJIE, NYT, WaPo, etc.) are writing about it often.
You really need to go MUCH further to find the stuff that will leave you shaking. The first time i went into it, I came off and my entire body was shaking. I support Anonymous on this issue, the government has no real control over the Internet, then like to think they do, and they are naive.
I hate to burst your bubble but there is absolutely no way the government can regulate the deepweb beyond shutting down the internet completely. The government can shut down a .onion just like they can .com, but the fix is just as easy as getting a new .onion domain name and re-uploading the site.
My advice to you, if you really want to do something, is to donate money or support to vigilante hacker groups like Anonymous who have a history of hacking pedophile websites and leaking user identities to the FBI
If anything Noah, what you need to realize is that the internet can and will regulate itself. I myself visited the deepweb for the first time last night, and i assure you i was every bit as shocked as you were. However the wrong reaction is to call lawmakers and get them enact laws to correct this. Not only are lawmakers ill equiped for this, odds are that in the name of protecting children, theyll write a broad bill that destroys the 1st amendment rights of others. Like you i realize that CP consumers are disgusting animals, but i think this is something that should be left up to the internet.
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