Sunday, November 11, 2007

"Dark Web" Researchers Scan Internet Terrorist Sites

The University of Arizona has created an research group to collect information on and study terrorist websites called Dark Web.

"The Dark Web project aims to scour Web sites, forums and chat rooms to find the Internet's most prolific and influential jihadists and learn how they reel in adherents."

The article discusses the mission of the project and also some skepticism by tradition terrorism researchers in attempting to automate analysis.

Project seeks to track terror Web posts

Dark Web Terrorism Research web site is located at:
http://ai.arizona.edu/research/terror/index.htm

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