The Darkweb: A Social Network Anomaly

We analyse the darkwebOKeeffe, Kevin P. and find its structure is unusual.Griffith, Virgil For example, $$ \sim 87 $$\%$$ of darkweb sites never link to another site. To call a “web” thus misnomer—it’s better described as set largely isolated dark silos.Xu, Yang As we show through detailed comparison World Wide Web (www),Santi, Paolo this siloed highly dissimilar other social networks indicates behavior users much different that www users.Ratti, Carlo generalized preferential attachment model can partially explain strange topology darkweb, but an understanding anomalous remains out reach. Our results are relevant network scientists, researchers interested in interactions large numbers agents.