Bitcoin services
With Bitcoin, people can hide their intentions as well as their identity.[1]
Financing
Scott Dueweke the president and founder of Zebryx Consulting states that Russian cryptocurrency such as WebMoney and Perfect Money are behind the majority of the illegal actions.[1]
In April 2015, Flashpoint received 5 million in funding to invest to help their clients gather intelligence from the Deep and Dark web.[2]
Other media
In October 2018, a study showed that up to 60% of Australians are losing interest in the mainstream media while preferring the intellectual dark web.[3]
Terrorism
With the increase of technology it has allowed cyber terrorists to flourish by attacking the weaknesses of the technology.[4]
1. Kirkpatrick, Keith. “Financing the Dark Web.” Communications of the ACM, vol. 60, no. 3, Mar. 2017, pp. 21–22. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1145/3037386.
2. "Flashpoint, Leading Deep and Dark Web Intelligence Provider, Raises $5 Million in Financing Round." Bioterrorism Week, 27 Apr. 2015, p. 16. Academic OneFile, http://libraryproxy.tulsacc.edu:2077/apps/doc/A415789758/AONE?u=odl_tcc&sid=AONE&xid=fc252ecb. Accessed 5 Mar. 2019.
3. Rozner, Gideon. “Inside the Intellectual Dark Web.” Institute of Public Affairs Review, vol. 70, no. 3, Oct. 2018, pp. 6–11. EBSCOhost, 199.245.164.25:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=134723587&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
4. Vilić, Vida M. “Dark Web, Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Warfare: Dark Side of the Cyberspace.” Balkan Social Science Review, vol. 10, no. 10, Dec. 2017, pp. 7–24. EBSCOhost, 199.245.164.25:2048/login? url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=127927428&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
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===These are excellent sources, which should provide a lot of credible information to the WP article. Your best bet is to read abstracts and then look further into the articles if you need to. Also, you'll need to think about how best to integrate this information by introducing it and explaining its significance (think sandwich). That will require adding more specific text. Complete draft is due by March 11. JAirhart 16:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)