The Darknet and Suicide

A Darknet is a part of the Internet that is not accessible by conventional search engines, such as Google. It is a closed ( “overlay”) network, available to all internet users who install specific software, such as The Onion Router (TOR), Freenet or I2P. This paper presents a study that describes information on suicide available on the Darknet accessible via the TOR software, its nature and its accessibility to the g eneral public. Before presenting our study, we describe the TOR Darknet in relation to the Surface Web, and studies to date on internet suicide content.

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Carl-Maria M örch, Louis-Philippe Côté, Laurent Corthésy-Blondin, Léa Plourde-Léveillé, Luc Dargis, Brian L. Mishara Tags: Research paper Source Type: research