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Dark Web

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War on Drugs

The Economics of Prohibition Doom Plans To Reduce Drug Use by Busting Online Dealers

A study suggests that "selectively targeting large-scale drug vendors" on the dark web can succeed where all previous enforcement efforts have failed.

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2023 3:55 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Cashless Society

Charles Oliver | 12.18.2019 4:00 AM

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Black Markets

'Drop Gangs' the Latest Evolution in Darknet's Avoidance of Law Enforcement

Online black markets shift faster than police can respond

Andrea O'Sullivan | 1.22.2019 8:45 AM

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Reason Podcast

Meet Bari Weiss, the Conservative New York Times Columnist Who Is Pro-Choice: Podcast

She's pro-Israel, #NeverTrumper who has chronicled (and criticized) the "intellectual Dark Web." Prefabricated ideological boxes need not apply.

Nick Gillespie | 7.31.2018 4:00 PM

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Silk Road

Alleged Silk Road Mentor Indicted, Extradited to United States

Roger Clark, under pseudonym "Variety Jones" and others, faces charges related to narcotics trafficking, hacking, and money laundering, but not murder-for-hire.

Brian Doherty | 6.15.2018 5:20 PM

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Reasontv

Stossel: Silk Road Founder Jailed, Drug Sales Up

People applauded when government shut down the drug website Silk Road. But online drug sales increased.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 2.13.2018 10:40 AM

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Ross Ulbricht

Silk Road's Founder Is in Jail for Life, but the Dark Web Only Grows

Making popular things illegal rarely diminishes their use.

John Stossel | 2.7.2018 9:30 AM

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Bitcoin

If You Bought Drugs on the Silk Road Using Bitcoin, the Feds Might Know Who You Are

If buying drugs online feels easy, you're probably doing it wrong.

Mike Riggs | 1.30.2018 1:15 PM

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FISA

Senate Could Make It Easy for FBI to Spy on Teen Sexters, Black Lives Matter, and Other U.S. 'Criminals'

FISA reauthorization would majorly expand use of warrantless digital surveillance data against Americans.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.24.2017 12:40 PM

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Dark Web

Five Lessons from the Hansa and AlphaBay Busts

Dark net market users can learn from the most successful cyber crime operation in the history of the internet.

Mike Riggs | 7.26.2017 1:15 PM

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Bitcoin

DOJ Claims Responsibility for Shutting Down Cryptomarkets AlphaBay and Hansa

"This ranks as one of the most successful coordinated takedowns against cybercrime in recent years," says Europol's Rob Wainwright.

Mike Riggs | 7.20.2017 2:15 PM

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Silk Road

Selling the Silk Road Soap Opera

A new book on dark net entrepreneur Ross Ulbricht misses the point.

Brian Doherty | 7.15.2017 6:00 AM

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Dark Web

Did Police Just Take Down the Biggest Dark Web Drug Market in History?

Alphabay has been down for more than a week. A series of raids and arrests suggests it's not an exit scam.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2017 2:45 PM

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Reasontv

Is Nick Bilton's Book on Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road a 'Media Lynching'?

A review of American Kingpin and an interview with the author.

Zach Weissmueller | 5.30.2017 9:52 AM

FBI

Official Hypocrisy

Porn bust

Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2016 12:00 PM

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Peer-to-peer

Will OpenBazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?

A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.

Sean Malone | 11.19.2016 6:00 AM

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FBI

The FBI May Have Run Not Just One But 24 Dark Web Child-Porn Websites

The sites are thought to have accounted for roughly half of all child porn websites on the dark web.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.11.2016 5:30 PM

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