Ipsos Poll: Dark Web Should Be Banned

PYMNTS

March 29, 2016

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Dark Net, Dark Web, Deep Web

No matter what you call it, there’s certainly a case to crack down on the ability for these sites that operate off the grid to be under more of a watchful eye. Ironically, that’s the very reason those sites exist: to act outside government surveillance.

But according to a new global poll from Ipsos (a global market research company based in Paris), there’s support to shut down Dark Net sites in order to curb criminal activity. Criminal activity, for example, that have been tied to many bitcoin cases, such as the infamous Silk Road …

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